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I wouldn't say no to a FREE BOOK FROM FABER Deep in the bowels at Faber Towers works a man called Robert Brown. He's our archivist and looks after rack upon bulging rack of the books we've published in the last 80 years. There are quite a few box files of correspondence down there too. Oh, and a big bust of T. S. Eliot occupies pride of place. One of the joys of... working here is talking to him about various episodes of Faber's publishing history. It seemed a shame not to share, so here's Robert talking about Ambrose Heath's austerity cookbook 'Meat Dishes Without Coupons' which includes recipes for delicacies such as, er, Crow!
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Robert Brown, archivist for publishers Faber and Faber, tells me about a resourceful cookery book from 1940 designed to overcome the monotony of a rationed wartime diet. But some of the dishes it describes will be quite shocking to the modern palate!
See MoreI wouldn't say no to a FREE BOOK FROM FABER Co-author of last month's featured book, A Matter of Life and Death, Alistair McGowan has done a hilarious interview on Christian O'Connell's Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio. Download the podcast (see link) or head to http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk to listen again.
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I wouldn't say no to a FREE BOOK FROM FABER Barbara Kingsolver answers our questions about her spellbinding new novel The Lacuna
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Barbara Kingsolver wasn't able to come to the UK for publication of her spellbinding new novel The Lacuna (though she hope to visit in 2010 - watch this space), so we did the next best thing - we went to her with our questions.
I wouldn't say no to a FREE BOOK FROM FABER Triple Poetry win: T. S. Eliot nominated 'Nation's Favourite Poet' in a BBC poll for National Poetry Day http://bit.ly/PeAbd; and Don Paterson and Emma Jones take Forward Prizes for Best Collection and Best First Collection respectively http://bit.ly/PeAbd
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Website supporting BBC Television and Radio's Poetry Season. You chose TS Eliot as the Nation's Favourite Poet in our online poll.
I wouldn't say no to a FREE BOOK FROM FABER One for all you crime fans - P. D. James talks about her 47 year career as a bestselling crime writer.
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In this rare, 30-minute interview with P. D. James, the doyenne of British Crime tells us about her writing career, which began with the publication of 'Cover Her Face' in 1962. She recalls the years spent ...
I wouldn't say no to a FREE BOOK FROM FABER Here's Seamus Heaney reading his poem 'Scaffolding', recorded at Faber's office a few weeks ago on his seventieth birthday.
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Nobel prizewinner Seamus Heaney reading his poem Scaffolding at the Faber offices on the occasion of his seventieth birthday and Faber's eightieth.
I wouldn't say no to a FREE BOOK FROM FABER The Faber YouTube channel now includes a beautiful animated trailer for Kazuo Ishiguro's new book Nocturnes and two exclusive interviews with Damned Utd and Red Riding author David Peace
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