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Browse features about Faber authors and book culture, from the stories behind new titles to why we love book shops.
Nilesha Chauvet describes the inspiration behind The Good Patient– A deliciously dark psychological thriller about an ordinary woman’s extraordinary moral …
As his historical fantasy Nonesuch is published, Francis Spufford writes about the strangeness of history, his fascination with early television …
Listen to a perfect playlist of classical music for winter from BBC Radio 3 presenter and author of The Rolling …
Tom Stoppard died peacefully at home in Dorset, surrounded by his family, on Saturday, 29 November 2025.
On the publication of Torchfire, the second part of her dystopian YA trilogy, Moira Buffini introduces the characters who inhabit …
Read an extract from the new memoir, Rumours of My Demise, from The Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando.
Our Independent Bookshop of the Month for November is Kemps Books, in Malton, North Yorkshire. We spoke to owner Liz.
To celebrate Youth Work Week, Emma Warren, author of Up the Youth Club, explains how we can help support our …
Naturally, Vivaldi kicks things off with Autumn from The Four Seasons – encapsulating the highs and lows of drinking and …
Ahead of the release of The Thing with Feathers, the film based on the novel Grief Is the Thing with …
Dinah Wood plays tribute to Tony Harrison, a poet of the highest order, an inspired and courageous playwright and filmmaker …
This week Faber launched our Poetry Underlined project: lines of poetry from Faber poets past and present paired together and …
As Volume 5 of his survey of the Hundred Years War is published, Jonathan Sumption tells the story of an …
Our Independent Bookshop of the Month for October is Lala Books, in Camberwell, London. We spoke to owner Danielle as …
What is it about a play first written in French by Samuel Beckett in 1948–49 and produced (eventually) in a …
The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits has been shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize. Read an extract from …
In this excerpt from Everything We Do is Music, Elizabeth Alker interviews Sir Paul McCartney about the roots of his …
Our Independent Bookshop of the Month for September is Shrew Books, a beloved bookshop on the bustling main street of …
To celebrate publication of The Coming of the Iron Man, we spoke to illustrators Mini Grey and Chris Mould about …
To celebrate Father’s Day, Waldo Pancake, AKA author and illustrator Jim Smith, talks about the inspirations behind his latest graphic …
In this edition of our Disposable Camera Diaries series, crime author Alafair Burke transports us to the setting at the …
Three of the thirteen titles announced in the Booker Prize 2025 longlist last week are books by Faber authors. Find …
Our Independent Bookshop of the Month for August is Argonaut Books, an independent community bookshop in Leith, Edinburgh.
The Faber Sales team share their insider tips for exploring global cities, catered to the literary traveller. In this edition, …
Read an extract from A Good Deliverance by Toby Clements – an epic and intimate tale of adventure, myth and …
Mario Vargas Llosa's editor at Faber, Robert McCrum, remembers the Peruvian writer following his death earlier this year.
Our Bookshop of the Month for July is Dial Lane Books, the only independent bookshop in Ipswich, Suffolk.
In this Disposable Camera Diary, author Claire Adam takes us behind the scenes of her new novel Love Forms.
Lally MacBeth, author of The Lost Folk, chooses five objects from her collection, things with sentimental or historical significance.
Kate McCaffrey explores the history of decorated books and what they can tell us about their owners, from Anne Boleyn’s …
Download Faber’s study guide for David Greig’s Yellow Moon, an SQA National 5 set text, for free, and explore the …
Michael Pedersen shares some of his favourite Scottish authors and writing, including those that inspired his new novel, Muckle Flugga.
Our Bookshop of the Month for June is Backstory, a bookshop and bar in Balham, south London founded by ex-journalist …
To celebrate publication of It Used to Be Witches, author Ryan Gilbey selects some of his favourite queer films.
Taran N. Khan, award-winning journalist and nonfiction writer, explores the connection between walking and writing.
In this Disposable Camera Diary, Josie George, author of Letters From Wonderland, takes us on a journey to find the …