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From the Archive

Read articles about Faber's history, and what can be found in our publishing archive.

From the Archive: Book Design by Artist Rex Whistler
From the Archive: Book Design by Artist Rex Whistler

The four books that illustrate this archival feature are very fine examples of Faber’s literary publishing in the period from …

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From the Archive: Photos on the Wall
From the Archive: Photos on the Wall

This is undoubtedly one of the most moving photos in the Faber archive. It was taken by a staff photographer …

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From the Archive: How A Grief Observed Came to Be Published
From the Archive: How A Grief Observed Came to Be Published

The story of how Faber came to publish a great, but late, work by C. S. Lewis – A Grief …

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From the Archive: The Last Coronation and Climbing Everest
From the Archive: The Last Coronation and Climbing Everest

News that Everest had been successfully scaled for the first time reached London the day before the last Coronation, in …

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From the Archive: Anna Livia Plurabelle
From the Archive: Anna Livia Plurabelle

You may be surprised to learn that a handful of poems by authors about Faber & Faber are preserved in …

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From the Archive: T. S. Eliot’s Ariel Poems
From the Archive: T. S. Eliot’s Ariel Poems

Former Faber Archivist, Robert Brown, delves into the history of The Ariel Poems, an overlooked gem from the archive.

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From the Archive: Waiting for Godot and Faber’s Drama Books
From the Archive: Waiting for Godot and Faber’s Drama Books

The story of this ‘dramatic moment’ begins with Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, which opened in London on 3 Aug …

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From the Archive: Bloomsbury and its Literary Heritage
From the Archive: Bloomsbury and its Literary Heritage

Since its creation in 1925 Faber & Faber has always been based in or close to a Bloomsbury square, in …

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From the Archive: Was Faber Modernist in Art?
From the Archive: Was Faber Modernist in Art?

Thinking about the recent centenary of the The Waste Land, a provocative question comes to mind: was Faber in the …

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From the Archive: T. S. Eliot and The Waste Land
From the Archive: T. S. Eliot and The Waste Land

We delve into the Faber Archive to collate the many editions of The Waste Land and photograph portraits of T. …

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William Golding Journal Extract: Birthday
William Golding Journal Extract: Birthday

Excerpts from William Golding’s journal on and around his birthday in 1986.

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From the Archive: The Whitsun Weddings First Edition
From the Archive: The Whitsun Weddings First Edition

A century after his birth, we mark the Philip Larkin centenary in 2022. To celebrate a new edition of his …

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The Albertus typeface and Faber’s Design Heritage
The Albertus typeface and Faber’s Design Heritage

Esquire magazine tells the story of the famous literary typeface, a story deeply connected with Faber’s history.

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William Golding Journal Extract: Nobel Prize
William Golding Journal Extract: Nobel Prize

To mark Faber's reissues of William Golding's novels, we are publishing extracts from his journal. Here, Golding recounts the moment …

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William Golding Journal Extract: Pincher Martin and The Inheritors
William Golding Journal Extract: Pincher Martin and The Inheritors

Read excerpts from William Golding’s Journal Copyright © William Golding Limited. All Rights Reserved.

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Joe Dunthorne in the Faber Archive
Joe Dunthorne in the Faber Archive

Poet Joe Dunthorne offers tips for National Poetry Day.

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