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Independent Bookshop of the Month: Kemps Books
Independent Bookshop of the Month: Kemps Books

Our Independent Bookshop of the Month for November is Kemps Books, in Malton, North Yorkshire. We spoke to owner Liz.

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Youth Club Week: Emma Warren on How To Support Your Local Club
Youth Club Week: Emma Warren on How To Support Your Local Club

To celebrate Youth Work Week, Emma Warren, author of Up the Youth Club, explains how we can help support our …

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Classical Music for Autumn: Dr Hannah French’s Seasonal Soundtrack
Classical Music for Autumn: Dr Hannah French’s Seasonal Soundtrack

Naturally, Vivaldi kicks things off with Autumn from The Four Seasons – encapsulating the highs and lows of drinking and …

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Watch: Benedict Cumberbatch and Max Porter on The Thing with Feathers Film
Watch: Benedict Cumberbatch and Max Porter on The Thing with Feathers Film

Ahead of the release of The Thing with Feathers, the film based on the novel Grief Is the Thing with …

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Tony Harrison Remembered
Tony Harrison Remembered

Dinah Wood plays tribute to Tony Harrison, a poet of the highest order, an inspired and courageous playwright and filmmaker …

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Poetry Underlined: Duncan Montgomery on the Campaign Design
Poetry Underlined: Duncan Montgomery on the Campaign Design

This week Faber launched our Poetry Underlined project: lines of poetry from Faber poets past and present paired together and …

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Jonathan Sumption: 44 Years Writing About Europe’s Longest War
Jonathan Sumption: 44 Years Writing About Europe’s Longest War

As Volume 5 of his survey of the Hundred Years War is published, Jonathan Sumption tells the story of an …

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Independent Bookshop of the Month: Lala Books
Independent Bookshop of the Month: Lala Books

Our Independent Bookshop of the Month for October is Lala Books, in Camberwell, London. We spoke to owner Danielle as …

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Waiting for Godot: An Analysis
Waiting for Godot: An Analysis

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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Read an Extract from The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits
Read an Extract from The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits

The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits has been shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize. Read an extract from …

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Long Read: Paul McCartney on Delia Derbyshire, Tape Loops & Stockhausen
Long Read: Paul McCartney on Delia Derbyshire, Tape Loops & Stockhausen

In this excerpt from Everything We Do is Music, Elizabeth Alker interviews Sir Paul McCartney about the roots of his …

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Independent Bookshop of the Month: Shrew Books
Independent Bookshop of the Month: Shrew Books

Our Independent Bookshop of the Month for September is Shrew Books, a beloved bookshop on the bustling main street of …

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Illustrators on How They Drew the Iron Man
Illustrators on How They Drew the Iron Man

To celebrate publication of The Coming of the Iron Man, we spoke to illustrators Mini Grey and Chris Mould about …

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Waldo Pancake Explains: Jim Smith on Creating his Comics
Waldo Pancake Explains: Jim Smith on Creating his Comics

To celebrate Father’s Day, Waldo Pancake, AKA author and illustrator Jim Smith, talks about the inspirations behind his latest graphic …

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Disposable Camera Diaries: Alafair Burke
Disposable Camera Diaries: Alafair Burke

In this edition of our Disposable Camera Diaries series, crime author Alafair Burke transports us to the setting at the …

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Explore the Three Faber Titles on the Booker Prize 2025 Longlist
Explore the Three Faber Titles on the Booker Prize 2025 Longlist

Three of the thirteen titles announced in the Booker Prize 2025 longlist last week are books by Faber authors. Find …

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Independent Bookshop of the Month: Argonaut Books
Independent Bookshop of the Month: Argonaut Books

Our Independent Bookshop of the Month for August is Argonaut Books, an independent community bookshop in Leith, Edinburgh.

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Viki’s Literary Guide to Singapore
Viki’s Literary Guide to Singapore

The Faber Sales team share their insider tips for exploring global cities, catered to the literary traveller. In this edition, …

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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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Robert McCrum Remembers Mario Vargas Llosa
Robert McCrum Remembers Mario Vargas Llosa

Mario Vargas Llosa's editor at Faber, Robert McCrum, remembers the Peruvian writer following his death earlier this year.

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

Our Bookshop of the Month for July is Dial Lane Books, the only independent bookshop in Ipswich, Suffolk.

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Disposable Camera Diaries: Love Forms
Disposable Camera Diaries: Love Forms

In this Disposable Camera Diary, author Claire Adam takes us behind the scenes of her new novel Love Forms.

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Five Objects from Lally MacBeth’s Folk Archive
Five Objects from Lally MacBeth’s Folk Archive

Lally MacBeth, author of The Lost Folk, chooses five objects from her collection, things with sentimental or historical significance.

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Essay: A History of the Sprayed Edge
Essay: A History of the Sprayed Edge

Kate McCaffrey explores the history of decorated books and what they can tell us about their owners, from Anne Boleyn’s …

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Yellow Moon by David Greig – A Study Guide
Yellow Moon by David Greig – A Study Guide

Download Faber’s study guide for David Greig’s Yellow Moon, an SQA National 5 set text, for free, and explore the …

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In Praise of Scottish Literature
In Praise of Scottish Literature

Michael Pedersen shares some of his favourite Scottish authors and writing, including those that inspired his new novel, Muckle Flugga.

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Independent Bookshop of the Month: Backstory
Independent Bookshop of the Month: Backstory

Our Bookshop of the Month for June is Backstory, a bookshop and bar in Balham, south London founded by ex-journalist …

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Cultural Picks: Ryan Gilbey on his favourite queer films
Cultural Picks: Ryan Gilbey on his favourite queer films

To celebrate publication of It Used to Be Witches, author Ryan Gilbey selects some of his favourite queer films.

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The Street Teaches You: On Walking and Writing
The Street Teaches You: On Walking and Writing

Taran N. Khan, award-winning journalist and nonfiction writer, explores the connection between walking and writing.

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Disposable Camera Diaries: Letters from Wonderland
Disposable Camera Diaries: Letters from Wonderland

In this Disposable Camera Diary, Josie George, author of Letters From Wonderland, takes us on a journey to find the …

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Author Top Five: Francesca Wade’s Gertrude Stein Cultural Picks
Author Top Five: Francesca Wade’s Gertrude Stein Cultural Picks

Francesca Wade, author of the luminescent Gertrude Stein, shares her top five Stein-inspired cultural highlights, from operas, recordings and novels …

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Extract: Blitz by Robert Elms
Extract: Blitz by Robert Elms

Blitz: The Club That Created the Eighties is the history of the legendary club by much-loved presenter and Blitz attendee …

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Independent Bookshop of the Month: Juno Books
Independent Bookshop of the Month: Juno Books

Our Bookshop of the Month is Juno Books – a friendly feminist and queer community bookshop in Chapel Walk in …

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Amélie’s Literary Guide to Paris
Amélie’s Literary Guide to Paris

In this new series the Faber Sales team share their insider tips for exploring global cities, catered to the literary …

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Drawn From Life: How the Graphic Novel Memoir Takes Creative Liberties With Autobiography
Drawn From Life: How the Graphic Novel Memoir Takes Creative Liberties With Autobiography

Artist, lecturer and researcher Damon Herd explores the ubiquity of graphic novel memoirs, and how comics are uniquely positioned to …

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Complicated Friendships in Literature and Popular Culture with Tiffany Watt Smith
Complicated Friendships in Literature and Popular Culture with Tiffany Watt Smith

To celebrate publication of Bad Friend: A Century of Revolutionary Friendships, author Tiffany Watt Smith has chosen some of the …

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