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Longer reads about Faber authors and book culture, from the stories behind new titles to why we love book shops.

This World Book Day, the emphasis is on sharing stories. Not just encouraging children to read for themselves, but reading to them.

Here's the first chapter of John Lanchester's new novel The Wall. His last was the international bestseller Capital, and like that …




Read an extract from Sally Rooney's critically acclaimed novel Normal People. The love story explores love, friendship and how we …


Faber will publish ‘Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom’, a previously unpublished story by Sylvia Plath, as part of the …

Read Peter K. Steinberg n bringing Plath to life through her correspondence in the Letters of Sylvia Plath Vol. II.

The Great Comic Literary Conquistador: Edna O'Brien pays tribute to her friend and fellow writer Philip Roth.




Read a fascinating essay by Karen V. Kukil, editor of The Letters of Sylvia Plath, on the rare material behind …