Faber bags O'Brien

Faber has signed Edna O’Brien’s first novel in 10 years. Creative director Lee Brackstone signed UK and Commonwealth rights in The Little Red Chairs from Ed Victor, and will publish in February 2016, simultaneously with Little, Brown in the US. The book sees a wanted war criminal settle in a small Irish village, where a local woman falls in love with him — with terrible consequences.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Faber & Faber has acquired an "essential" new non-fiction title from author and senior campaigns manager John Grindrod. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Allen Lane and Yale University Press (YUP) both have two books apiece on the £40,000 Wolfson History Prize 2018 shortlist, which recognises and celebrates books which combine excellence in historical research with readability for a general audience. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Faber has signed two books by "rising star of investigative journalism", Lyra McKee.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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