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Friends. Lovers. Therapists. 'Deathbots'. AI is now fulfilling new roles for millions of us every single day. How are these new 'relationships' changing how we view technology - and each other? Love Machines by @james_muldoon_ is out January 2026: linktr.ee/lovemachinesbo…

Introducing an intimate history of LGBTQ+ life over four decades, discovered in a stash of forgotten, handwritten notes. 'Bursting with humanity and real life on every page.' Dan Snow linktr.ee/TheLogBooks Photo credits: Switchboard Archive, Bishopsgate Institute

Join @kezamacdonald as she takes us on a joyous exploration of our love of video games and offers unparalleled access to the company that created some of the world’s most beloved characters. Super Nintendo, loading 12 February 👾 guardianbookshop.com/super-nintendo…

We are now recruiting a new Commissioning Editor for fiction. Like all Faber editors, they will publish with dynamism and creativity, sensitivity and bravery – apply by 7 September. faber.co.uk/careers/fictio…

We’re hiring a Senior Publicity Executive with a focus on non-fiction, film and history, and Faber Editions. If you have experience working closely with authors and agents and a track record in delivering impactful campaigns, apply by 28 August. faber.co.uk/careers/senior…

Outcast: A History of Leprosy, Humanity and the Modern World is published today. It tells the 4000 year history of the disease and its stigma, and the remarkable lives of those affected past and present. I am very proud of it, and beyond thankful to those who told their story.

We are proud to be publishing Who Will Tell My Story?: A Gaza Diary, a moving account of life in Gaza in the wake of the events of 7 October 2023, originally published in the Guardian. Out on the 17 July in hardback and ebook, find out more here: faber.co.uk/journal/faber-…

doves is one year old today 🕊️🕊️🕊️ youtu.be/boQTfioZhbk?si…

On the Calculation of Volume I, written by Solvej Balle and translated by Barbara J. Haveland, follows Tara Selter – a woman who has slipped out of time. Find out more about the #InternationalBooker2025-longlisted book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-lib…

🚨🌺 JOB ALERT 🌺🚨 A very exciting opportunity to join Faber as Publicity Assistant, working with a fantastic team and gaining experience across one of the best list's out there. (I'm biased... but it's the dream first job.) Please spread the word! faber.co.uk/careers/public…

paperback publication day for this absolute belter of a book! 'Sparkling . . . Okundaye is an outstanding guide to what it means to be black and gay in Britain . . . as revelatory as it is important.' @peterfrankopan @FaberBooks @matthewmarland @rcwlitagency

Introducing the Faber Poetry Subscription. Are you curious about poetry but unsure where to start? Do you want a simple way to keep up with the best of contemporary poetry? Each month, Faber’s Poetry editors will select a new collection or a beloved classic for you to enjoy, which you'll receive in the post – in time for publication, if it's a newly published book. Subscribers will also receive a letter by email from the Faber Poetry editorial team about that month’s collection and why it has been chosen. February’s selection is That Broke into Shining Crystals, Richard Scott’s luminous second collection. Plus, you receive an exclusive Faber tote bag when you sign up – what are you waiting for? faber.co.uk/subscriptions

'A literary star is born.' The Times A rave review for Michael Amherst's 'brilliant' debut novel, The Boyhood of Cain - 'the most affecting, satisfying finish to a novel I’ve read in a long time.' Out next week. thetimes.com/culture/books/…

Last August, Telegram's boss Pavel Durov was arrested in France for alleged complicity in crimes that could land him in prison for 10 years. Ever since I've been digging into how this all came about and the roots go back years. My latest feature for @WIRED wired.com/story/pavel-du…

'I always wanted to be historical, from almost a baby on, I felt that way about it.' 🗣 STEIN SEASON 🗣

'In Oliver Basciano's capable and careful hands, the leprosarium becomes a key to understanding the world that emerged in the wake of classical and feudal civilizations; the story of a disease becomes a page-turner about the nature of life itself.' @Vinncent BEVINS

proofs are now in for @olibasciano's remarkable book! 'Revelatory.' PHILIPPE SANDS 'It is impossible not to be moved by the lives unfolding in these pages, impossible not to be left transformed and enlightened.' LEILA ABOULELA 'Marvellous.' WILLIAM ATKINS

Always think about this bit from David Lynch: “Write down the idea in such a way that when you read it again the idea comes back in full.” One of the most important pieces of writing advice I’ve ever read.

(daft punk One More Time voice) Auld Lang Syne

@AkiSchilz @picadorbooks this really was such a beautiful read!

@MWHafeez @picadorbooks Years ago this wonderful man and I shared an agent, who had only the kindest and nicest words for what an incredible writer Keith is. SO pleased to see more of his work in the world

'A child across a garden with a glass of cold water, that is a life, and the child concentrates so as not to spill a drop, but it does not matter, really, it does not matter, if it is only a life.'