Faber Faber

This is one more in Faber’s series of reissues to mark the centenary of the birth of Robert Aickman, probably the best English horror writer since World War 2. However, it’s not a direct reissue of an original collection from Aickman’s lifetime. The Wine-Dark Sea was actually compiled from several other volumes in 1988, seven years […]

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As noted previously, Faber & Faber is re-releasing some of Robert Aickman’s short story collections for the centenary of his birth, and Dark Entries is one of the four volumes, and the one that has been unavailable from Faber up until now. Faber sent me the ebook copy on his centenary day, and I read […]

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A wave of erotic fiction in every shape, size and hue swept the halls of the Frankfurt book fair this week in the wake of EL James's record-breaking success with Fifty Shades of Grey, but one British publisher was hoping it had found an antidote to the deluge with the acquisition of Fifty Shades of Feminism.

One of the most talked-about books at the world's biggest international book fair, which takes places annually in Frankfurt

At the end of the first decade of the 21st century, book publishing finds itself trapped in a perfect storm of economic and technological crisis.

Many people, from many different perspectives, have begun to question and challenge the role of the publisher. The social network, desktop publishing and digital technology have liberated all kinds of new potential. Would-be writers and literary promoters the world over have begun to say (and in some cases to demonstrate) yes, we can (do it ourselves). Such assertions have acquired weight thanks to the global recession. When times are hard, people look for alternative solutions.