15th September 2019
Stewart Lee is to become the first comedian to do a book launch on a barge. Lee will read from his new book MARCH OF THE LEMMINGS, from the deck of WORD ON THE WATER, the floating bookshop moored on the Regent’s Canal in Granary Square, near London’s King’s Cross, on Sunday...
22nd September 2019
From the aristocrats who awaited Mozart’s latest compositions to the pop charts of today, from our desire for the latest fashion to our focus on the latest film or book, the new has driven music and culture for hundreds of years. But that was in an era where access to art was limited. Now...
22nd September 2019
It seemed that we had all got used to the idea that rather than a single definitive truth there are a multiplicity of competing and alternative perspectives. Now with the rise of ‘fake news’ and publicising of blatant lies, we want to reassert the importance of accuracy and truth. Can...
22nd September 2019
No-one who has ever stepped on a Lego brick could doubt the reality of physical objects. Yet from Heraclitus to George Berkeley, many philosophers claimed to have disproven the existence of things. And now high-energy particle physicists are inclined to agree, redescribing material stuff as...
16th October 2019
We are very excited to announce that The Quietus Social will soon welcome as a special guest the world’s finest stand-up comedian, Stewart Lee....
22nd October 2019
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. TO JOIN THE WAITING LIST, PLEASE EMAIL MEMBERS@FABER.CO.UK...
20th November 2019
Sorry for the Dead, the eighth book in Nicola Upson’s well-loved Josephine Tey series, is at once a compelling murder mystery and a moving exploration of love and grief. It begins in the summer of 1915, when the violent death of a young girl brings...
25th November 2019
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25th November 2019
In his only Northern tour date, New York based best-selling author André Aciman discusses new novel, Find Me, the anticipated sequel to Call Me By Your Name. Aciman is a master of capturing the intimate details and nuances of emotion. Find Me takes us back inside the world of Elio and Oliver, to...
27th November 2019
Discover the eagerly anticipated sequel to the cult novel Call Me By Your Name with internationally acclaimed author André Aciman discussing the upcoming Find Me with journalist...
28th November 2019
André Aciman will be discussing his latest novel, Find Me, the sequel to bestseller Call Me By Your Name. In this spellbinding new exploration of the varieties of love, Aciman revisits his characters’ complex lives in the years after...
30th November 2019
We are bubbling over with excitement at welcoming André Aciman, author of Call Me By Your Name, which was adapted into the Oscar-winning film. In his new novel Find me, he revisits his characters Elio and Oliver and their complex lives in the years after their first meeting. Join this...
