Guardian Faber has bought a book about owls by poet and author Miriam Darlington. Owl Sense combines personal encounters with the birds with a look at their role in poetry, art and mythology. UK and Commonwealth rights were acquired from Clare Conville at Conville & Walsh by Laura Hassan. Hassan said: "Owls are completely intriguing; they can turn their heads 270 degrees and see in the dark for starters. I was completely charmed by this proposal and Miriam is an irresistible guide to all things owlish - her eye is bright, her prose is gorgeous." Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Corporate sponsorship needs to steer clear of impinging on artistic freedomsNews that investment managers the Man Group is withdrawing its sponsorship from the Booker prize after 18 years has shocked the literary world. The hedge fund’s decision to move on was linked in the press to novelist... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fifteen years ago, the social network site was set up to connect people. But now, with lives increasingly played out online, have we forgotten how to be alone?‘Thefacebook is an online directory that connects people through social networks at colleges. We have opened up Thefacebook for popular... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Mo Siewcharran Fund has dealt out its first grants since it was founded, rewarding two publishing houses - Faber & Faber and Granta Books - with £5,000 each to subsidise internships for young people pursuing a career in the Arts. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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You might think that you are a night owl, but new research says that less than 1% of the population are actually genetically programmed to work best later in the day. The age old proverb, “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise” may just be true, according to an... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber will publish the third novel from Kate Hamer, Crushed, about an obsessive friendship between three girls. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gwendoline Riley has scooped the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for Fiction 2017 for her fifth novel First Love (Granta). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With her novel First Love, the 39-year-old author joins eminent former winners including Seamus Heaney and Alice OswaldGwendoline Riley’s unsparing depiction of an abusive relationship in her novel First Love has won her the Geoffrey Faber memorial prize.First Love, the English author’s fifth... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sara Talbot is leaving Little, Brown to join Faber as sales director in February. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The actor and writer on mistaking Simon Callow for Stephen Fry, the joys of a foot massage and why it’s more important to splash out on a bed than a carBorn in south Wales, Ruth Jones, 52, trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. In 2000, she appeared in Fat Friends with James... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber is to publish "Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom", a previously unpublished short story written by Sylvia Plath as a college assignment in 1952. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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These days, most writers cannot afford to live secluded from their public. But when a very private author like Thomas Harris announces a new novel, there’s always special excitementAuthors – at least as far as their relationship with the public goes – fall into several distinct categories. There... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber saw "another stellar year" for the financial year ending March 2018, although with turnover and profit narrowly down on the previous year’s results due to a dip in ebook sales and fewer fiction paperbacks. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Born in Ealing, west London, half a century ago to an English mother and a Sudanese father, Kamal Ahmed explores what it means to be mixed-race in Britain today. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones has authored a "radically new story of British Art" for Laurence King Publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber is launching a special publishing programme to mark its 90th anniversary in 2019 as a "publisher of distinctive literature", featuring short stories, poetry and new branding. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber will publish its first US market exclusive with English writer and former music journalist Will Ashon’s forthcoming book from Granta, with plans to further ramp up its American list. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women and non-binary people of colour gained a new platform and magazine learned to better reflect its rich, diverse readershipWorking with the Guardian on gal-dem’s takeover of Weekend magazine was an incredible exercise and a clear demonstration of the power of championing marginalised voices.... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Molly Walker-Sharp has made her first acquisition at Avon Books, 16 months after joining as an intern. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber will publish another novel from Lullaby author and journalist Leïla Slimani about a Parisian woman who appears to have the perfect life but is struggling with sex addiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury imprint Raven Books has acquired a "brilliant new international thriller" from former investigative journalist,Holly Watt. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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