Faber is one of the world’s great independent publishing houses. Since we were founded in 1929, poetry has been at the heart of our publishing, with T. S. Eliot as our first Poetry Editor. In every generation, Faber has sought to find the very best writers and we are proud to publish the foremost voices in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, film and children’s books. Thirteen Nobel Laureates and six Booker Prize-winners have been published by Faber, with awards most recently for Kazuo Ishiguro and
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Kate McCaffrey explores the history of decorated books and what they can tell us about their owners, from Anne Boleyn’s …
We asked the Faber team for their romantic fiction recommendations, perfect for devouring on the beach, by the pool or …
Our Bookshop of the Month for June is Backstory, a bookshop and bar in Balham, south London founded by ex-journalist …
Michael Pedersen shares some of his favourite Scottish authors and writing, including those that inspired his new novel, Muckle Flugga.
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 …
Francesca Wade, author of the luminescent Gertrude Stein, shares her top five Stein-inspired cultural highlights, from operas, recordings and novels …
This week, our Poem of the Week is ‘The Anchorage’, the title poem from Bernard O’Donoghue’s new collection. You can …
Fulfillment is the ‘stone cold fox of a second novel’ (Pandora Sykes) from Lee Cole, set in Kentucky, following two …
Our Bookshop of the Month is Juno Books – a friendly feminist and queer community bookshop in Chapel Walk in …
As her fourth novel is published in paperback, Sally Rooney shares the books she read while writing and editing Intermezzo.
Oh, for a time machine to explore the past! But until Elon Musk comes up with one, books and biographies …
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Max Porter is the author of The Death of Francis Bacon, praised as ‘a miniature masterpiece’, and ‘a feat of empathy, imagination and literary brio’. His Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller Lanny was longlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize and the 2019 Wainwright Prize, shortlisted for the 2019 Gordon Burn Prize and shortlisted for both Waterstones and Foyles Book of the Year 2019. It has sold in twenty-three territories.
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Faber is delighted to announce the acquisition of renowned writer and cultural documentarian Emma Warren’s Up the Youth Club: Illuminating a Hidden History.
Faber acquires ‘irresistible’ history of dolls from writer and journalist Otamere Guobadia
Find out all the details about the Faber Members Summer Fair, on Friday 27 June 2025 at The Bindery in …
Faber is proud to announce that it will be refreshing three of Barbara Kingsolver’s iconic titles this summer: Flight Behaviour, …
Guardian Faber is proud to announce the acquisition of Who Will Tell My Story?: A Gaza Diary. A moving account of …
Richard Armitage, the author of bestselling thriller Geneva, will be touring the UK with his new book The Cut this …
Faber announces the opening of the 2025 FAB Prize for undiscovered writers and illustrators of colour, with a publishing deal for the …
Faber is delighted to announce the publication of a new book by award-winning biographer Jenny Uglow about the 18th-century naturalist …
Faber Academy provides writing courses, manuscript assessments and mentoring programmes across a wide range of disciplines including fiction, poetry and memoir. We ran our first course in 2008, and since then have gone on to see our alumni secure major publication deals, win awards and begin their writing careers.
