Guardian Faber has signed a book on the BBC, by the Guardian's chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins. The book, based on Higgins' essay series, will explore the history, past and future of the uniquely British institution. Guardian Faber editorial director Laura Hassan signed the book in a deal directly with the author. Hassan said: "This is a wonderfully atmospheric and lively journey through the BBC. At a time when the debate around the future of the BBC is raging, Higgins gives us the all-important long view." Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber c.e.o. Stephen Page has been made an honorary visiting professor of publishing at City, University of London. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-20 15:00:53 UTC ]
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Faber is to publish Eula Biss' Having and Being Had, as part of a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-18 16:38:36 UTC ]
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Faber is to publish Francis Spufford's latest novel, Light Perpetual, next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-16 03:53:03 UTC ]
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As The Bookseller reports, UK publisher Faber has announced that they will be releasing the complete screenplays of Normal People, the popular BBC adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel of the same name. Whether or not you understand on a larger level the reason anyone might buy and read a... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-10-14 14:37:05 UTC ]
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Faber is to release the complete screenplays of the television series "Normal People", based on Sally Rooney's novel of the same title. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-13 21:25:25 UTC ]
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Guardian Faber is to publish Psycho-Logical by Dean Burnett, a "unique insight" into understanding mental health. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-12 11:51:49 UTC ]
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Faber is to release new editions of two Kazuo Ishiguro novels, The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, with fresh cover designs. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-07 20:06:02 UTC ]
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Faber associate publisher Louisa Joyner and publisher Alex Bowler have appealed to the Women's Prize to "revisit" its new rules around eligibility "to consider the lived experience of now excluded writers". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-07 14:48:15 UTC ]
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It follows a news agenda set by media oligarchs. Instead it should be investigating power, money and their influence on our livesThey don’t want balance, they want possession. The oligarchs who own the newspapers will never accept the BBC, because it does not belong to them. However tame and... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-10-07 06:00:30 UTC ]
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Sarah Hall has become the first author to win the BBC National Short Story Award twice in its 15-year history. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-06 01:38:09 UTC ]
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Mainstream economics is suffering an identity crisis, which began with The Great Recession and has reemerged during the current pandemic. In response, a growing collection of voices has advocated looking beyond the field—in particular, to science fiction—as a way to imagine it anew. Although... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-10-05 08:48:01 UTC ]
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Daniel Yergin is behind the curve on the activism, engineering and climate science reshaping the energy world, environmentalist Bill McKibben contends. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-25 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber is to publish musician and composer Warren Ellis' debut title, Nina Simone's Gum, featuring an introduction by Nick Cave. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-23 16:08:07 UTC ]
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Faber is releasing the new paperback edition of Marieke Lucas Rijneveld's 2020 International Booker Prize-winning novel The Discomfort of Evening today (23rd September), five months earlier than scheduled. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-22 14:54:22 UTC ]
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This November Chatto & Windus will publish a collection of lockdown stories and experiences from BBC Radio 4’s "PM", with a foreword from the programme's presenter Evan Davis. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-17 13:23:06 UTC ]
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Faber has released Tsitsi Dangarembga's This Mournable Body as a paperback edition this week, after it was announced the novel has made the Booker Prize shortlist. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-16 01:29:28 UTC ]
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Sarah Hall has been shortlisted for the £15,000 BBC National Short Story Award for the fourth time, after winning the prize in 2013. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-11 10:46:38 UTC ]
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The last six months, since the start of lockdown, has been full of revelations - for us as a society and for all of us as individuals. Both the fragility and preciousness of our social infrastructure has rarely been more starkly highlighted, and we’ve all undergone personal experiences that have... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-10 20:42:44 UTC ]
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Faber is to release two special editions of Kazuo Ishiguro's lastest novel, Klara and the Sun, which will be published next spring, tailored for Waterstones and for independent bookshops. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-09 12:17:42 UTC ]
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Faber will publish How To Write One Song by Jeff Tweedy of US rock band Wilco in October. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-02 20:41:03 UTC ]
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