Pears tells new book through Arcadia app
Faber and Touchpress have launched a ‘groundbreaking’ new app, Arcadia, to explore the future of digital reading after e-books. Bestselling novelist Iain Pears has...
View ArticleFaber records loss in latest financial year
Faber saw a drop in turnover for the year ending March 2015, with a significant increase in its operating loss from the previous 12 months....
View ArticleHeaney Virgil translation to be published next year
Faber is to publish a verse translation of Book VI of Virgil's epic poem the Aeneid by the poet Seamus Heaney, which he was still...
View ArticleEimear McBride's second novel to Faber
Faber has acquired Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction winner Eimear McBride’s second novel.The Lesser Bohemians follows an 18-year-old girl, recently arrived in London from...
View ArticleHolocaust memoir to Faber
Faber has acquired a Holocaust memoir originally published in France.Hannah Griffiths bought UK and Commonwealth rights to But You Did Not Come Back by...
View ArticleFaber acquires title on single motherhood
Faber has acquired a “timely and important” book about single motherhood by Emma Brockes.Hannah Griffiths, publishing director at Faber, acquired An Excellent Choice from...
View ArticleKudos acquires TV rights to Faber's Viral
Kudos has acquired television rights to "break-out" thriller Viral by Helen FitzGerald, after a "hotly" contested auction.The book is about mothers, daughters and a viral...
View ArticleGriffiths’ excellent buys for Faber
Faber has acquired journalist Emma Brockes’ new book, An Excellent Choice, which assesses the recent boom in women opting to be single mothers.Hannah Griffiths,...
View ArticleFaber promotes WILTY book with survey on lying
Faber & Faber has conducted a UK wide survey to promote the publication of Would I Lie To You? - The 100 Most Popular Lies...
View ArticleEdna O'Brien: Interview
Last month novelist Edna O’Brien was elected a Saoi in her native Ireland, alongside William Trevor; the honour means “wise one”, comes with a gold...
View ArticleNeal Price to join Canongate as sales director
Neal Price is joining Canongate as sales director, following 11 years as sales director for Faber.
View ArticleClosure of Faber Factory Plus 'blow' for publishers
Faber is closing its Faber Factory Plus sales service for small independent publishers, taking the decision with “a heavy heart” after “ a difficult year...
View ArticleSeven new publishers join Independent Alliance
Seven new publishers are joining the Independent Alliance following the closure of Faber Factory Plus.
View ArticleFaber acquires next Stewart Lee book
Faber has signed Content Provider, a new book from award-winning comedian and writer Stewart Lee.
View ArticleThe odd uncouple
Can trade publishers develop consumer brands, and effectively market and sell their content direct? More importantly, can they do this without undermining what is for...
View ArticleAngel makes first acquisition for Faber
Mitzi Angel has acquired a biography of eight women who worked in Mecklenburgh Square, London, during the interwar period as her first acquisition for Faber....
View ArticleBlair biography Broken Vows to Faber
Faber has acquired a "major biography" of former Prime Minister Tony Blair entitled Broken Vows – Tony Blair: The Tragedy of Power by investigative historian...
View ArticleEmily Watson to star in BBC's Apple Tree Yard adaptation
Emily Watson and Ben Chaplin are to star in BBC One's adaptation of Apple Tree Yard (Faber), the "provocative, audacious thriller" by Louise Doughty....
View ArticleAlan Bennett diaries to be published
Faber & Faber and Profile Books have jointly acquired Alan Bennett’s Keeping On Keeping On, his diaries from 2005 to 2015.
View ArticleFaber launches permissions services website
Faber has launched a new website to provide permissions services for organisations seeking to license Faber copyrights and authors.
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