They turned down Ulysses and Animal Farm, but still shaped 20th‑century literatureAll publishing houses have archives, but for anyone interested in 20th-century literature the archive of Faber & Faber is a fabled treasure house. This is the firm that was, as Toby Faber puts it, “midwife at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-06-20 11:00:08 UTC ]
Faber & Faber is to publish a new selection of Seamus Heaney’s best-loved poems to coincide with the opening of a "major" new exhibition in Ireland. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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 torc and has been previously held by such luminaries as Samuel Beckett and Seamus Heaney. There are only seven Saoithe at any one time. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber is to release a new edition of Seamus Heaney's poetry collection Opened Ground: Poems... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]