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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 4h

'A glorious celebration of curiosity and nature.'

Jenny Uglow's A Year with Gilbert White is reviewed in The Observer by Philip Hoare:
observer.co.uk/culture/book...

Gilbert White’s world of wonder | The Observer

Jenny Uglow's account of a year in the life of an 18th-century curate and his garden is a glorious celebration of curiosity and nature

observer.co.uk

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 5h

Events for The Poems of Seamus Heaney begin on publication day tomorrow. See below for dates and locations 🎟️

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 6h

Sarah Hall's acclaimed new novel Helm is BBC Radio 4's current Book at Bedtime – you can catch up on previous episodes and follow along now 🌬️

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Helm by Sarah Hall, That Brief, Busy Interlude

An elemental story about climate, discovery and the time we have left.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 7h

'If you think you’ve heard this kind of story before, think again.’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

‘Breathtaking, immensely beautiful and impossible to stop reading.’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

On the Calculation of Volume III is nearly here! Publishing 18 November 📚

www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 11h

'I’m just incredibly lucky sometimes, even when I fuck up.'

Ahead of the release of his memoir, Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando speaks to the Guardian. Rumours of My Demise is out on 23 October.

theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/06/evan-dando-lemonheads-interview-rumours-my-demise-autobiography-music

The Lemonheads’ Evan Dando: ‘Some people were supposed to take drugs – and one of them was me’

He was the darling of early-90s alt rock, but success came with the kind of rock’n’roll excess that many of his peers did not survive. Now, having finally quit heroin, he’s back with a new album, a…

www.theguardian.com

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 12h

The Thing With Feathers is out on 28 November. For your chance to ask Benedict Cumberbatch, Max Porter and director Dylan Southern a question about the film and the process of adapting the book, click the link below:

r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/24K5-1NQ3/grief-questions

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 1d

'Wow thank you Paul Bradley Carr you scared the hell out of me.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review

Will AI keep your secrets? That depends on what you did. The Confessions is out now in ebook and out in paperback next month 👀

linktr.ee/theconfessions

Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Our Independent Bookshop of the Month is Lala Books in Camberwell, recently crowned one of the coolest neighbourhoods in the world. We spoke to owner Danielle.

faber.co.uk/journal/independent-bookshop-of-the-month-lala-books/

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 1d

‘There’s a phrase that used to go through my thoughts - the heavy tread of middle age on the family stairs. Moving around the house I sounded more and more like my dad, with an oof in each step.’
The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025, is now out in paperback 📚

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 1d

'Plotted so perfectly that it leaves a cleanly satisfying shape in the mind when it’s over.’

The Irish Times on Venetian Vespers by John Banville, out now in hardback ❄️

linktr.ee/venetianvesp...

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Dive into 365 joyfully random, utterly fascinating shots of knowledge. Spend just two minutes a day with this glorious almanac and you'll end your year full of wonder and just that little bit wiser.

A Year of Living Curiously is out in paperback on 9 October 🍁 ✨

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 2d

We are so pleased that Isabelle Baafi’s debut collection Chaotic Good and Tom Paulin’s Namanlagh have been shortlisted for this year’s T. S. Eliot prize.

tseliot.com/prize/prize-year/the-t-s-eliot-prize-2025/

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 2d

'Where truths are confessed and dreams are woven.'

What is more personal, more intimate, than the diary? Discover 366 of the world's most extraordinary diary entries, compiled by Shaun Usher, creator of Letters of Note. Out this week. linktr.ee/diariesofnote

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Diaries of Note collects 366 captivating diary entries through time, from Leo Tolstoy to Elton John. We asked for anonymous diary entries from Faber readers. Swipe to see some of our favourites.

Diaries of Note by Shaun Usher is out next week 📚 Pre-order now. linktr.ee/diariesofnote

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 3d

'Ribbons', a poem by Seamus Heaney, is published for the first time.

The poem appears in The Poems of Seamus Heaney, edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue with Matthew Hollis. The definitive edition of Heaney's poetry is out on 9 October.

www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Seamus Heaney’s Ribbons: A beautiful poem about his sisters, published for the first time

The reader is transported by Heaney’s illuminating memory: we’re in a school, a photographer is visiting and the girls are having their picture taken

www.irishtimes.com

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Introducing Fashioning the Crown: A Story of Power, Conflict and Couture.

Justine Picardie uncovers the hidden history of the Crown and how it survived a tumultuous era and two world wars. Pre-order now: hatchards.co.uk/book/fashioning-the-crown/justine-picardie/9780571394289

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Huge congratulations to Sarah Hall who has been shortlisted for the @GoldsmithsPrize 2025 for her new novel Helm ✨

www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 6d

On National Poetry Day, we’re celebrating our poetry publishing – past and present – with a new campaign.

Poetry Underlined places lines by some of our most beloved heritage poets in conversation with lines from exciting voices in contemporary poetry on billboard sites around the UK and Ireland.

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 7d

Watch Tiffany Watt Smith, author of Bad Friend: A Century of Revolutionary Friendships, discuss the history of female friendships here 👇

EXPeditions @expeditions.bsky.social · 8d

Tiffany Watt Smith (@tiffwattsmith.bsky.social) explores the history of female friendship, from practical support networks to 20th-century anxieties, and today’s changing expectations.

🔗 www.joinexpeditions.com/exps/1216

#PLPEXPeditions @faberbooks.bsky.social @celadonbooks.bsky.social

A history of female friendship

Female friendship is a powerful, evolving force that has long been overlooked, yet reveals deep emotional, cultural, and social significance across history

www.joinexpeditions.com

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 7d

'This is cultural history at its most generous: Nintendo not as corporate monolith, but as dream factory, mythmaker, and companion to childhood.' Simon Parkin

Super Nintendo by Keza MacDonald is now available to request on NetGalley 👾

www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 7d

The reviews are in for Steve, starring Academy Award winner Cillian Murphy and adapted from the novel Shy by Max Porter.

Now playing in select cinemas and on Netflix 3 October 🎬

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 7d

'Nobody knows how to talk about reparations.'

Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder are interviewed in the Guardian ahead of their new book, The Big Payback. Out 9 October.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

‘It goes beyond getting a cash refund for slavery’: Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder on the case for reparations

With their new book, Henry and Ryder are determined to start a discussion about compensation for the descendants of slaves. But how would any scheme work? And why is it yet to happen?

www.theguardian.com

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 8d

To celebrate International Translation Day, we’ve gathered together some of our favourite translated fiction titles 📚

Which translated works are you looking forward to reading this autumn?

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 8d

Introducing a starry night sky edition of Enchantment by Katherine May ✨ 💫

'It will do your soul good to read this.' Nigella Lawson
'Like walking with a friend as dusk settles.' Cariad Lloyd
'Beautifully written.' Philippa Perry

Enchantment is available in a sparkling new look from 9 October.

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 9d

'Timely and vital. . . There has never been greater need for a thoughtful discussion on race.'

The Big Payback: The Case for Reparations and How They Would Work is reviewed by Diane Abbott: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

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