Faber is embarking on a major relaunch of William Golding’s novels to celebrate these radical modern classics by a visionary Nobel laureate and Booker winner. The first three titles – The Inheritors, Pincher Martin and The Spire – will be released in October 2021 to coincide with the Nobel Prize, with new forewords by Ben Okri,…
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Faber to publish memoir about male friendship and grief by Michael Pedersen
Faber is to publish Boy Friends by Michael Pedersen, the first work of non-fiction from the poet and co-founder of Scottish arts collective, Neu! Reekie!. Publishing Director Alexa von Hirschberg acquired world all languages rights, including audio, from Becky Thomas at Lewinsohn Literary. Boy Friends is scheduled for Summer 2022. In Boy Friends, Pedersen attempts…
From Manchester with Love: The Life and Opinions of Tony Wilson by Paul Morley
Faber presents the long-awaited biography of Factory Records co-founder and Manchester icon Tony Wilson by bestselling author Paul Morley. ‘When forced to pick between truth and legend, print the legend.’ Tony Wilson To write about Tony Wilson, aka Anthony H. Wilson, is to write about a number of public and private characters and personalities, a clique of…
What we’re reading this summer
Wondering what book to pick up next for the (hopefully) hotter weeks ahead? Take a look at which titles Faber staff are reading and recommending this summer. Angus Cargill, Publishing Director Open Water Caleb Azumah Nelson I recently read this short, intense, troubling, sad, musical novel – which brilliantly makes use of the second person…
Dear Akwaeke – a campaign to celebrate publication of Akwaeke Emezi’s memoir
To celebrate publication of Akwaeke Emezi’s memoir, Dear Senthuran, Faber has worked with creative agency A Vibe Called Tech on a new campaign – Dear Akwaeke. The campaign centres a global community of creatives who champion and celebrate Black literature. Those involved speak to Emezi’s work by engaging in unique modes of audio-visual storytelling using…
Faber launches Faber Editions
Faber Editions is an exciting new list dedicated to spotlighting radical literary voices from history. Curated from Faber’s 90-year archive and beyond, titles will be published quarterly. With bold covers inspired by Faber’s iconic design heritage, each £8.99 flapped paperback will feature a new foreword by a contemporary champion. The launch title in August 2021…
Faber acquires Yan Ge’s English language debuts
Publishing Director Angus Cargill has bought UK & Commonwealth rights to a collection of short stories and a novel by Yan Ge from Matt Turner at RCW in an exclusive submission. North American rights were then pre-empted by Rebekah Jett at Scribner. Cargill, who published Yan Ge’s short story ‘How I Fell in Love with…
Faber to publish Kirsty Sedgman’s On Being Unreasonable
Faber to publish Kirsty Sedgman’s ‘timely and thought-provoking’ book on human behaviour, On Being Unreasonable. Guardian Faber acquired World All Languages and audio rights from Jaime Marshall at J. P. Marshall Literary Agency. Publication is scheduled for 4 August 2022. In On Being Unreasonable, Sedgman shows us how we can develop new rules of engagement…
Introducing The Magic Box: Viewing Britain through the Rectangular Window
From the author of Electric Eden: Unearthing Britain’s Visionary Music comes a riveting journey into the psyche of Britain through its golden age of television and film. Growing up in the 1970s, Rob Young’s main storyteller was the wooden box with the glass window in the corner of the family living room, otherwise known as…
Announcing two major works from Eliza Clark
Libby Marshall, Assistant Editor, acquired World English Language rights in a two-book deal from Rachel Mann at the Jo Unwin Literary Agency. Clark’s as-yet-untitled second novel is scheduled for publication in Spring 2023. Told in the investigative style of true crime, the novel explores the events leading up to the brutal murder of a teenager…
Cover Design: Klara and the Sun
We talked to Senior Designer Pete Adlington about the process of designing the cover for Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro’s first novel since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2017. Klara and the Sun is, in theory, a science-fiction novel, narrated as it is through the voice of Klara, an Artificial Friend…
Faber announces new editions of three classic titles by best-selling Jon Savage
Faber is proud to announce new editions of three classic titles from award-winning, bestselling historian Jon Savage. For over forty years Jon Savage has established himself as one of Britain’s most significant cultural historians, widely regarded as one of our leading experts in popular culture. For the first time Faber will publish 2007’s Teenage:…
Guardian Faber to publish Jay Rayner’s ‘droolworthy’ collection of food columns
Guardian Faber acquired WAL rights from Jonny Geller at Curtis Brown. Chewing the Fat: Tasting notes from a greedy life will be published on 2 September 2021. Why are gravy stains on your shirt at the dinner table to be admired? Does bacon improve everything? And is gin really the devil’s work? In this rollicking…
Faber acquires acclaimed debut novel Whites Can Dance Too by Angolan writer and musician Kalaf Epalanga
Faber has acquired the acclaimed debut novel Whites Can Dance Too by Angolan writer and musician Kalaf Epalanga from Emma Shercliff at Laxfield Literary Associates. Best known internationally for fronting the Lisbon-based dance collective Buraka Som Sistema, with whom he won an MTV Europe Music Award, Kalaf Epalanga is a celebrated author and columnist. Whites Can Dance Too,…
Faber to publish new non-fiction work from Akwaeke Emezi
Faber will publish Dear Senthuran: A Black spirit memoir, the powerful first non-fiction work from Akwaeke Emezi, the New York Times bestselling author of Freshwater and The Death of Vivek Oji, on 1 July. Dear Senthuran is a raw exploration of identity that shatters boundaries and explodes the way we think about the idea of…
