Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life

We present an excerpt from Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life, by Howard Sounes. The Pleasures of the Damned, a ‘best of the best’ collection of Bukowski’s poetry, is published this month.

Poetry, please…

Discover a new poem every week with Faber’s clever widget. From great new voices to cherished classics, 52 Poems brings you a weekly dose of remarkable poetry.

Faber New Poets: Jack Underwood

Showcasing the work of the Faber New Poets with a poem from the fourth volume.

Faber New Poets: Heather Phillipson

Showcasing the work of the Faber New Poets with a poem from the third volume.

Faber New Poets: Toby Martinez De Las Rivas

Showcasing the work of the Faber New Poets with a poem from the second volume.

Faber New Poets: Fiona Benson

The first of a series where we showcase the work of the Faber New Poets.

Faber’s 80th Birthday Poetry Extravaganza

To mark National Poetry Day, we have highlights from Faber’s 80th anniversary evening at the Soutbank Centre in London (October 2009). Featuring Seamus Heaney, Wendy Cope, Daljit Nagra, Alice Oswald and Paul Muldoon reading from their own work.

A poem a week from Faber

Discover a new poem every week. From great new voices to cherished classics, 52 Poems brings you a weekly dose of remarkable poetry.

September poetry round-up

An immortal classic is given new voice, an award-winning poet returns with his new volume of verse, a novel is written from a poet’s perspective and a poet creates a surprising and delightful experimental novel in our occasional round-up of new poetry from the Bookhugger publishers.

Nicholson Baker talks about The Anthologist

Nicholson Baker talks about his new novel, The Anthologist, and we have an extract for you to enjoy as well.

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52 Poems from Faber

From great new voices to cherished classics, 52 Poems brings you a weekly dose of remarkable poetry. What poem will you discover this week?

Seamus Heaney reads The Underground

Seamus Heaney reads his poem The Underground at the offices of his publisher, Faber, on the occasion of his seventieth birthday and Faber’s eightieth.

August non-fiction round-up

Who needs fiction when you’ve got a much loved children’s author who turns out to be a Communist spy, a famous scientist who turned his hand to making money, the making of arguably the greatest-ever jazz album and the perpetual dissolution of one of the world’s maddest rock bands? It can only be our August non-fiction round-up!

A Poem a Week from Faber

Discover a new poem every week. From great new voices to cherished classics, 52 Poems brings you a weekly dose of remarkable poetry.

The Booklist: Wilderness Rules

The planet’s wild environments inspire and illuminate the minds of writers and readers alike. We offer up some suggested reading for all tastes, and all weathers…