In the first episode of the Faber Poetry Podcast, Rachael and Jack discuss talismans, teenage crushes and gateways to poetry with their studio guests Emily Berry and Momtaza Mehri and play audio postcards sent to them by Ocean Vuong, Natalie Shapero and Vahni Capildeo. Show notes Studio guests EMILY BERRY’S first book…
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Introducing the Faber Poetry Podcast
The Faber Poetry Podcast is a twice-monthly podcast bringing together some of the most exciting voices from the world of poetry, produced and presented by poets Rachael Allen and Jack Underwood. Whether you’re a devotee or a newcomer to verse, join Rachael and Jack for lively conversation with their studio guests and audio postcards sent…
Read an extract from Patient X by David Peace
David Peace’s new novel, Patient X: The Case-Book of Ryunosuke Akutagawa, follows the life story of the great Japanese writer. Here’s an extract on Akutagawa’s growing obsession with books. House of Books . . . Book after book, book by book, pile by pile, shelf by shelf, screen by screen and wall by wall, you…
Faber announces Old Toffer’s Book of Consequential Dogs
We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of Old Toffer’s Book of Consequential Dogs by Costa Award winner Christopher Reid, who wrote the collection in response to an invitation from the Estate of T. S. Eliot. The idea for a collection of poetry about dogs came to Eliot himself, when in conversation with his driver, who gave him the highly promising phrase ‘consequential dogs’. Eliot,…
Announcing Lanny, Max Porter’s second novel
We are delighted to announce the acquisition of Max Porter’s second novel, Lanny. There’s a village sixty miles outside London. It’s no different from many other villages in England: one pub, one church, red-brick cottages, council cottages and a few bigger houses dotted about. Voices rise up, as they might do anywhere, speaking of loving and…
Elise Valmorbida: My Suitcase Stories
To kick off the blog tour for The Madonna of the Mountains – a richly evocative tale of love and survival in the Veneto region and recent pick for The Times Book of the Month – here’s an exclusive photo journal from the book’s author, Elise Valmorbida. The seed of The Madonna of the Mountains was planted long ago…
The Wonderful World of Wes Anderson: A Quiz in Ten Questions
This week marks the release of the new Wes Anderson film, Isle of Dogs, a stop-motion animation about a gang of dogs who are banished to a vast garbage dump called Trash Island. We are publishing the screenplay and, to celebrate, we have devised a quiz about the wonderful world of Wes Anderson. …
