'I'm an Australian, I'll always be an Australian. So no matter how familiar America (or at least New York) becomes to me, there is a huge part of it that appears to be alien and mad' ...

Calling all Kids!: Harry Hill Wants Your Jokes

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Calling all kids - Harry Hill wants your funniest jokes. His Whopping Great Joke Book is going to get even 'whoppinger'! So if you want to impress your friends and family and see your funniest jokes in a book, get in touch! Find out how. More

What is Faber Finds?: Over 600 Titles Available

Faber Finds makes forgotten books available once more, printed only on-demand. There are more than six hundred titles to choose from, spanning all genres. Download the full stocklist. More

In Faber Academy ...:

The art of playwriting and the recreation of childhood experiences and memories in fiction are just two of the courses on offer in the ever-expanding Faber Academy. More

100 Stories for Haiti: Proceeds to Red Cross

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100 Stories for Haiti is a collection of stories donated by writers everywhere. In record time - one week - authors, journalists and publishing professionals have put together the book, which will be available soon in both print and ebook formats. All proceeds will be going to the Red Cross. More

Book of the Week: How Many Friends Does One Person Need?

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Why do men talk, women gossip and which is better for you? When is it good to be tall and why is monogamy a drain on the brain? And why should you suspect someone who has more than 150 friends on Facebook? An essential guide to understanding human behaviour. More

Featured Author: Nick Flynn

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Nick Flynn follows up his 2005 memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City (soon to be a film starring Robert De Niro) with The Ticking is the Bomb, a meditation on his impending fatherhood, against a background of painful personal memories and the darkness of humanity. More

Best of the Web: Introducing Pekkala

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From the gulags of Siberia to the office of Stalin ... Inspector Pekkala - known as the Emerald Eye - was once the most famous detective in all Russia, the favourite of the Tsar. Now he is the prisoner of the men he once hunted. Meet the hero of Sam Eastland's compelling new crime series. More

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