Petina Gappah An Elegy for Easterly
Petina Gappah's An Elegy for Easterly, thirteen stories set in Zimbabwe, has been shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. Next year sees Petina's debut novel The Book of Memory.
America's Finest Our New Competition
Three great novels from three great American storytellers. Copies of Lorrie Moore's A Gate at the Stairs, Paul Auster's Invisible and Barbara Kingsolver's The Lacuna up for grabs ...
In Faber 80 ...:
In this brand new section of the site we present new series of books - landmark publications from Faber's history. Plus, there's a chance to delve into the Archive and explore with our timeline. More
In Faber Academy ...:
The art of playwriting and the recreation of childhood experiences and memories in fiction are just two of the courses on offer in the ever-expanding Faber Academy. More
What is Faber Finds?: Over 500 Titles Available
Faber Finds makes forgotten books available once more, printed only on-demand. There are more than five hundred titles to choose from, tagged according to subject. Click here for a full list. More
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Extended highlights of the Faber Poetry extravaganza at London's Southbank in September, featuring Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon, Wendy Cope, Alice Oswald and Daljit Nagra. More
Book of the Week: The Hell of it All
The celebrated and anarchic author of Screen Burn and zombie horror Dead Set is back with a new collection of misanthropic scribblings, celebrating all that's miserable about life. If you couldn't get a ticket to his events, catch him on 2nd November signing copies at Fopp in Covent Garden. More
Featured Author: We Need to Talk about Marcus Chown
With books like We Need to Talk About Kelvin, Marcus Chown makes cosmology, astronomy and quantum physics both accessible and entertaining - no mean feat! Marcus's TV career takes off this week, as he joins the panel on BBC4's It's Only a Theory. More
The Faber Podcast Biography Special
John Carey's revelatory study of William Golding was called a 'model of its kind' by Robert Harris. Roland Chambers' biography of Arthur Ransome is no less impressive ...
Faber at 80 Classic Books Revisited
As we celebrate eighty years of publishing history we launch three new series - 'Faber Firsts', 'Poetry Classics', and the complete works of Beckett.
Junot Diaz: A Rare London Event
As part of the Festival of Ibero-American Literature, Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Junot Diaz appears at Foyles, Charing Cross Road, on Friday 13th November to discuss the importance of international fiction in today's changing world. More