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Richard Armitage, the author of bestselling thriller Geneva, will be touring the UK with his new book The Cut this autumn.
Faber announces the opening of the 2025 FAB Prize for undiscovered writers and illustrators of colour, with a publishing deal for the winner.
Faber is delighted to announce the publication of a new book by award-winning biographer Jenny Uglow about the 18th-century naturalist Gilbert White.
Faber is thrilled to have acquired the first children’s book from award-winning author Max Porter in a major three-book deal.
Faber launches the Action! Prize in direct response to research from the National Literacy Trust that reveals children’s reading enjoyment is at its lowest level in almost two decades, and that the problem is most acute for boys.
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To celebrate the new movie adaptation of Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These, we asked Faber Members to submit questions …
Sorted by region, these are some of our Members' favourite independent bookshops across the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
Members submitted the children’s books that made a lasting impression on them and why.
A list of 'small joys' submitted by Faber Members for a competition to win a copy of The Joy of …
Each month we interview a bookseller from an independent bookshop in the UK, shining a light on the vibrant indie scene and the creativity of the booksellers that run these cherished local institutions.
To celebrate the publication of Chaos in the Box: Chronicles from Modern Football, David Squires shares his favourite books he …
For over a century, the Guardian’s Country Diary has published the nation’s most celebrated writers of natural history as they …
With the General Election coming up in under two weeks, we asked some of our authors what work they would …
Members submitted the children’s books that made a lasting impression on them and why.
What is it about a play first written in French by Samuel Beckett in 1948–49 and produced (eventually) in a …
Esquire magazine tells the story of the famous literary typeface, a story deeply connected with Faber’s history.
The story of how Faber came to publish a great, but late, work by C. S. Lewis – A Grief …
The Faber Poetry Podcast, produced and presented by poets Rachael Allen and Jack Underwood, brings together some of the most exciting voices from the world of poetry.
The third series of the Faber Poetry Podcast launched in August 2023. The original six-part series in 2018 was followed by a second series in 2019. All series are available to listen to on Apple and Spotify.
In spring 2023 Faber moved into its new home at The Bindery in Hatton Garden, an historic part of London. Matthew Green, author of Shadowlands, tells the story of the area.
William Golding began writing Lord of the Flies in 1951, while he was a teacher at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury.
After the manuscript had been rejected by a number of leading publishing houses, Golding finally sent the tatty typescript to Faber & Faber, together with an accompanying letter. It had already been rejected by the firm’s reader when it was spotted by a new and aspiring editor, one Charles Monteith, who was allowed by the firm to take it on, provided significant cuts were made. These were made by Golding, after extensive correspondence with Monteith. Given a new title, Lord of the Flies, it became one of the most iconic novels of the 20th century.
Cover Her Face is P.D. James’s debut novel, the first Adam Dalgliesh mystery and a thrilling work of crime fiction …
The Buddha of Suburbia, Hanif Kureishi’s debut novel won the Whitbread Award for first novel and inspired a groundbreaking BBC …
Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson’s debut novel – first published in the UK by Faber in 1981 – is a powerful portrayal …
