This was Levy's first book to face the difficult environment for literary novels produced by the rise of Amazon
and the end of regulation for book prices. Less commercial, more cerebral fiction was no longer...
Publishing
Alison Uttley
After years of dissatisfaction at the small price she was paid for her books, AU
was staggered in March 1942 at receiving a royalty cheque from Faber
for £297.
qtd. in
Judd, Denis. Alison Uttley. Michael Joseph, 1986.
181
A year later her royalty...
Publishing
Anne Ridler
AR
's first volume published with Faber & Faber
benefited from the patronage of her former bosses there. T. S. Eliot
recommended its publication,
Ridler, Anne. “Working for T.S. Eliot: A Personal Reminiscence”. Poetry Review, Vol.
73
, No. 1, 1983, pp. 46-9.
49
and the first edition appeared on expensive hand-made paper, which...
Publishing
Alison Uttley
AU
kept publishing well into her seventies. A book of essays, Plowmen's Clocks, 1952, was followed by Here's a New Day in October 1956, another collection of reminiscent essays, twelve in number. About a...
Reception
Seamus Heaney
These poems attracted the attention of Charles Monteith
, a director of the publishing firm of Faber and Faber
, who was also born in Northern Ireland. The result was the offer of a book...
Reception
P. D. James
She received an impressive number of honours from various universities. She had an Honorary DLitt from the Universities of Buckingham (1992), London (1993), Hertfordshire (1994), Glasgow (1995), Durham (1998), and Portsmouth (1999). She also had...
Reception
Maggie Gee
Reviews were very good, and the Times drew attention to the novel by publishing an extended excerpt.
Gee, Maggie. “Bottom drawer”. Mslexia, Vol.
15
, 2002, p. 42.
42
It was indeed long-listed for the Booker, and Faber and Faber
asked to see her next book....
Residence
Djuna Barnes
At the news that Faber and Faber
had agreed to publish Nightwood, DB
left New York again for Europe, initially to Paris.
Herring, Phillip. Djuna: The Life and Work of Djuna Barnes. Penguin, 1995.
228-9
Textual Production
Anne Devlin
After a month, the production transferred to the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs
in London. It has also been produced in Washington, DC, and in Germany, and was published by Faber and Faber
Textual Production
Timberlake Wertenbaker
TW
's The Break of Day opened at the Royal Court Theatre
in London after touring the UK; it was published by Faber and Faber
in London and Boston in the same year.
Wertenbaker, Timberlake. The Break of Day. Faber and Faber, 1995.
title-page, back cover
Textual Production
Jan Morris
JM
embarked on a long and fruitful publishing relationship with Faber and Faber
, with a book entitled Coast to Coast, about the USA.
WHA
established prominence among his generation of poets with his first commercially published volume, Poems, issued by Faber
.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Bloomfield, Barry Cambray, and Edward Mendelson. W. H. Auden: A Bibliography 1924-1969. 2nd ed., University Press of Virginia, 1972.
The play also had a Belfast production that year, and was published by Faber and Faber
.
Devlin, Anne. After Easter. Faber and Faber, 1994.
prelims
Cerquoni, Enrica. “In Conversation with Anne Devlin”. Theatre Talk: Voices of Irish Theatre Practitioners, edited by Lilian Chambers et al., Carysfort Press, 2001, pp. 107-23.
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Texts
James, P. D. A Mind to Murder. Faber and Faber, 1963.
James, P. D. A Taste for Death. Faber and Faber, 1986.
James, P. D. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman. Faber and Faber, 1972.
James, P. D. Cover Her Face. Faber and Faber, 1962.
James, P. D. Death of an Expert Witness. Faber and Faber, 1977.
James, P. D. Devices and Desires. Faber and Faber, 1989.
James, P. D. Innocent Blood. Faber and Faber, 1980.
James, P. D. Original Sin. Faber and Faber, 1994.
James, P. D. Shroud for a Nightingale. Faber and Faber, 1971.
James, P. D. The Black Tower. Faber and Faber, 1975.
James, P. D. The Children of Men. Faber and Faber, 1992.
James, P. D. The Private Patient. Faber and Faber, 2008.
James, P. D. The Skull beneath the Skin. Faber and Faber, 1982.
James, P. D. Time to Be in Earnest. Faber and Faber, 1999.
James, P. D. Unnatural Causes. Faber and Faber, 1967.
Jellicoe, Ann. 3 Jelliplays. Faber and Faber, 1975.
Jellicoe, Ann. “Ann Jellicoe Talks to Sue Todd”. The Knack and The Sport of My Mad Mother, Faber and Faber, 1985, pp. 9-23.
Jellicoe, Ann. “Preface”. Shelley; or, The Idealist, Faber and Faber, 1966, pp. 13-20.
Jellicoe, Ann. Shelley. Faber and Faber, 1966.
Jellicoe, Ann. The Giveaway. Faber and Faber, 1970.
Jellicoe, Ann. “The Knack”. The Knack and The Sport of My Mad Mother, Faber and Faber, 1985, pp. 25-98.
Jellicoe, Ann, and London Observer. “The Sport of My Mad Mother”. The Observer Plays, Faber and Faber, 1958.
Jellicoe, Ann. “The Sport of My Mad Mother”. The Knack and The Sport of My Mad Mother, Faber and Faber, 1985, pp. 99-168.
Johns, Derek. Ariel. A Literary Life of Jan Morris. Faber and Faber, 2016.
Joyce, James. Finnegans Wake. Faber and Faber, 1939.
