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Extract: the Definitive Book on David Lynch
Extract: the Definitive Book on David Lynch

Read an exclusive extract from Lynch on Lynch edited by Chris Rodley, the definitive work on the career of the …

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Independent Bookshop of the Month: Books on the Lane
Independent Bookshop of the Month: Books on the Lane

Our Independent Bookshop of the Month for February is Books on the Lane, a cosy independent bookshop in the village …

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Essay: The Joy of Rereading
Essay: The Joy of Rereading

Emily Rhodes explores the pleasures of rereading and just what it is that compels us to return to familiar favourites …

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Independent Bookshop of the Month: Bàrd Books
Independent Bookshop of the Month: Bàrd Books

Our first Independent Bookshop of the Month of 2025 is Bàrd Books, an independent bookshop (with a well-stocked bar!) on …

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Extract: Murder Mindfully by Karsten Dusse
Extract: Murder Mindfully by Karsten Dusse

Read an extract from Murder Mindfully, a riotously entertaining crime novel about finding inner peace – violently.

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Celebrating UK Disability History Month with The Catchpoles
Celebrating UK Disability History Month with The Catchpoles

James and Lucy Catchpole are a husband-and-wife creative duo, who work in children’s publishing and write picture books that centre …

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Book Cover Design: Sylvia Plath’s Tomato Soup Cake
Book Cover Design: Sylvia Plath’s Tomato Soup Cake

Senior Designer Henry Petrides tells us how he designed a unique cover for Sylvia Plath’s Tomato Soup Cake – a …

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Faber Members’ Favourite Countryside Photographs
Faber Members’ Favourite Countryside Photographs

For over a century, the Guardian’s Country Diary has published the nation’s most celebrated writers of natural history as they …

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Independent Bookshop of the Month: Children’s Bookshop
Independent Bookshop of the Month: Children’s Bookshop

November’s Independent Bookshop of the Month is the Children’s Bookshop, Muswell Hill, an award-winning independent children’s bookshop in London which …

Book Cover Design: Luke Edward Hall on E. M. Forster
Book Cover Design: Luke Edward Hall on E. M. Forster

Artist and designer Luke Edward Hall describes the process of creating new covers for the Faber YA Illustrated Classics Editions …

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Extract: Platform Seven by Louise Doughty
Extract: Platform Seven by Louise Doughty

Read an extract from Platform Seven by Sunday Times bestselling author Louise Doughty, out now in paperback.

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Independent Bookshop of the Month: Sam Read Bookseller
Independent Bookshop of the Month: Sam Read Bookseller

October’s Independent Bookshop of the Month is Sam Read Bookseller in Grasmere, Cumbria – probably the oldest bookshop in the …

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The Enduring Imagery of Waiting for Godot
The Enduring Imagery of Waiting for Godot

What is it about a play first written in French by Samuel Beckett in 1948–49 and produced (eventually) in a …

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Watch: Small Things Like These Film Q&A with Cillian Murphy & Eileen Walsh
Watch: Small Things Like These Film Q&A with Cillian Murphy & Eileen Walsh

To celebrate the new movie adaptation of Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These, we asked Faber Members to submit questions …

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Essay: White History 101 and Black Lives Matter
Essay: White History 101 and Black Lives Matter

Read an essay from Gary Younge's new collection, Dispatches from the Diaspora, about what a White History Month would mean, …

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Claim your limited-edition print of The Notorious Virtues
Claim your limited-edition print of The Notorious Virtues

Pre-order The Notorious Virtues by Alwyn Hamilton and claim a limited-edition art print.

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Extract: Saint-Seducing Gold by Brittany N. Williams
Extract: Saint-Seducing Gold by Brittany N. Williams

Read an extract from Saint-Seducing Gold by Brittany N. Williams, the second book in the swashbuckling Forge & Fracture Saga.

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Extract: Chaos King by Kacen Callender
Extract: Chaos King by Kacen Callender

Read an extract from Chaos King by Kacen Callender, the sequel to the New York Times bestselling Infinity Alchemist.

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Alice Hunt on Six Poems from Britain’s Republican Past
Alice Hunt on Six Poems from Britain’s Republican Past

Alice Hunt discusses six poems that bring to life Britain’s Republican past, including from Sir Thomas Fairfax, John Milton and …

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Ex-Wives Don’t Need Ex-Husbands
Ex-Wives Don’t Need Ex-Husbands

If you hold the status of an available, heterosexual millennial woman in 2024, you are probably an Ex-Wife. Claire Marie …

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Behind the Book: Francis Spufford on Golden Hill
Behind the Book: Francis Spufford on Golden Hill

As our new collectors' edition of Golden Hill is published exclusively for Faber Members, Francis Spufford introduces what the New …

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Reimagining a Sci-fi Classic: Chris Mould’s War of the Worlds
Reimagining a Sci-fi Classic: Chris Mould’s War of the Worlds

How do you adapt an iconic book into another medium? Illustrator Chris Mould shares his approach to transforming H. G. …

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Independent Bookshop of the Month: Sherlock & Pages
Independent Bookshop of the Month: Sherlock & Pages

September’s Independent Bookshop of the Month is Sherlock & Pages in Frome, Somerset. We spoke to the co-owner, Luke Sherlock.

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The Dream Come True: Editing Sylvia Plath’s Prose
The Dream Come True: Editing Sylvia Plath’s Prose

Peter K. Steinberg, editor of The Collected Prose of Sylvia Plath, reflects on the journey of bringing this volume into …

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Meet the Characters: Moira Buffini’s Torch Trilogy
Meet the Characters: Moira Buffini’s Torch Trilogy

On the publication of her book Songlight, the first part of a new dystopian YA trilogy, Moira Buffini introduces the …

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Extract: Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life
Extract: Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life

Read an extract from Thom Gunn: A Cool Queer Life by Michael Nott. In this passage, Thom Gunn dreads – and …

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Independent Bookshop of the Month: Book-ish
Independent Bookshop of the Month: Book-ish

August’s Independent Bookshop of the Month is Book-ish in Crickhowell, Powys, winner of the 2024 British Book Award for Independent …

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Inspector Adam Dalgliesh: the Books Behind the TV Series
Inspector Adam Dalgliesh: the Books Behind the TV Series

Who is Adam Dalgliesh? With the first episodes of Channel 5’s new Dalgliesh drama series now available to watch online, …

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Book Cover Design: Banana Yoshimoto
Book Cover Design: Banana Yoshimoto

Sophie Harris, Senior Designer at Faber, shares her process for redesigning Banana Yoshimoto's back catalogue.

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Drypoint, Page and Image: Jamie McKendrick on Poetry and Art
Drypoint, Page and Image: Jamie McKendrick on Poetry and Art

As we near the publication of his new collection, Drypoint, on the 1 August, poet Jamie McKendrick reflects on the …

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Lady in the Lake – the Book Behind Apple TV+’s New Hit Show
Lady in the Lake – the Book Behind Apple TV+’s New Hit Show

As Lady in the Lake is released on Apple TV+, author Laura Lippman and editor Angus Cargill give an insight …

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Extract: The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
Extract: The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster

As we publish Paul Auster's postmodern classic as a Faber Members Edition, read the opening of The New York Trilogy.

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Book Cover Design: Back to the Local
Book Cover Design: Back to the Local

Faber Art Director Pete Adlington shares his process for the design of our reissue of a guide to the pubs …

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Independent Bookshop of the Month: Pages of Hackney
Independent Bookshop of the Month: Pages of Hackney

Our July Bookshop of the Month is Pages of Hackney, who have been supplying Lower Clapton with books for over …

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Lord of the Flies Graphic Novel Competition
Lord of the Flies Graphic Novel Competition

Faber and the National Literacy Trust are launching a competition and event for schools to celebrate seventy years of Lord …

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Long Read Extract: A Good Deliverance by Toby Clements
Long Read Extract: A Good Deliverance by Toby Clements

Read an extract from A Good Deliverance by Toby Clements – an epic and intimate tale of adventure, myth and …

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