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Explore our collection of new and upcoming releases from Faber for October to December 2025.
This week Faber launched our Poetry Underlined project: lines of poetry from Faber poets past and present paired together and …
A Reading List of classic books by Black authors this Black History Month. Book descriptions and links are provided via …
Dinah Wood plays tribute to Tony Harrison, a poet of the highest order, an inspired and courageous playwright and filmmaker …
Autumn has arrived in London, and a good book is the antidote to grey skies and the perfect complement to …
Our Independent Bookshop of the Month for October is Lala Books, in Camberwell, London. We spoke to owner Danielle as …
In this excerpt from Everything We Do is Music, Elizabeth Alker interviews Sir Paul McCartney about the roots of his …
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Lally MacBeth, author of The Lost Folk, chooses five objects from her collection, things with sentimental or historical significance.
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Solvej Balle was born in 1962 and made her debut in 1986 with Lyrefugl (Lyrebird.) She went on to write one of the 1990s’ most acclaimed works of Danish literature, Ifølge loven (1993) (‘According to the Law: Four Accounts of Mankind’, translated by Barbara Haveland.) On Calculation of Volume is Solvej Balle’s return to literary stardom after nearly 30 years.
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I Want You to Be Happy follows Calder’s debut short story collection, Reward System, which was published by Faber in 2022 …
Faber has announced Look What You Made Me Do, the new novel from John Lanchester, his first since the Booker-longlisted The Wall …
Faber to publish the first of a new ‘smart and captivating’ crime thriller series about Bristolian detective by E. A. …
Faber acquired UK rights from Caroline Michel at Peters Fraser + Dunlop. The book is slated for hardback publication in summer 2027.
Publishing Director Angus Cargill acquired UK, Commonwealth and Translation rights to Starting Out from Georgia Garrett at RCW. It will …
Faber acquires Eloise Rodger’s debut Death’s A Bitch in a same-day pre-empt, with TV rights also sold.
Faber is thrilled to have acquired The Blitz Sisters from the critically acclaimed children's author Judith Eagle. Dubbed 'Little Women …
Publisher Alex Bowler acquired UK Commonwealth & EU ex Can rights to Nonesuch from Clare Alexander at Aitken Alexander. Publication …
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.
