Books published by Faber & Faber

Tom Stoppard's provocative new play spans the recent history of Czechoslovakia between the Prague Spring and the Velvet Revolution - but from the double perspective of Prague, where a rock 'n' roll band came to symbolise resistance to the regime, and the British left, represented by a Communist philosopher at Cambridge.Rock 'n' Roll premieres at The Royal Court Theatre, London, in June 2006 and is part of the 50th anniversary programme.

I love the edible magic.''I absolutely adored it.''Highly recommended.''A very entertaining, well plotted and fast paced story.''The idea of edible magic was original and inspired.''Hugely imaginative.'Jude Ripon returns on another vigilante mission to save Farrowfell.

'Enchanting and heart-lifting.' Sophie Anderson'Bursts with glimmering magic.' Jasbinder Bilan'A delight . . . funny, heartfelt and packed full of magic.' Abi Elphinstone'Magical and empowering.' G M Linton'A magical, cosy, spellbinding treat!' Kieran Larwood'Utterly charming.' Lizzie Huxley-Jones'The perfect mix of heart and magic.' Rachel Faturoti'A heart warming read with a blast of magic!' Janelle McCurdyAlyssa must save the magical spell garden with her new unreliable powers. When 11-year-old Alyssa is forced to spend the summer holiday with her mum's family, who she's never met before, her latent magical powers explode into life. Her great aunt runs a secret school in her spell garden where local kids can hone their power. The garden grows spell ingredients that have protected their family and the wider neighbourhood for decades - ever since they arrived from Jamaica with their mother Effie in the 1960s. But something is going wrong and the magic is running out! Can Alyssa use her new, unpredictable powers to set things right?A contemporary fantasy set in a small community in North London facing eviction and gentrification with a magical garden at the centre of it. Stunningly illustrated by Bex Glendining.

The definitive edition of the published prose of the Nobel laureate, the most important poet-critic of modern times.

The definitive edition of the published prose of the Nobel laureate, the most important poet-critic of modern times.

The definitive edition of the published prose of the Nobel laureate, the most important poet-critic of modern times.

The definitive edition of the published prose of the Nobel laureate, the most important poet-critic of modern times.

FROM THE WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2020 AND THE INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2021'A voice that has a vibrancy of its own.' RACHEL JOYCE'A talented and engaging storyteller.' Sunday TimesFrom the award-winning author of Love After Love, comes an epic of wonder, danger and risk. This is the tale of four women. Popo: brilliant, vulnerable and stuck. She's determined to free herself from the traps of her past. Mana Lala: a devoted mother - her only connection to her man is their little boy, and she will do anything to keep them both close. For Doris, well, he's glorious and once she's licked him into shape, her husband presents an opportunity to climb the social ladder. She's heard the awful stories, but she's sure they won't be hers. Rosie just wants to mind her business, her lover, Etty, and her store. Four lives, connected and controlled by one man: the notorious, charismatic gangster Boysie Singh. Pull up a chair and let these women tell of the man they believed could love, help or free them, and how some of them survived to tell a tale at all.

A glorious collaboration between Simon Armitage, Poet Laureate and the illustrator Angela Harding, celebrating the transformations of SpringBlossomise celebrates the ecstatic arrival of spring blossom just as it acknowledges, too, its melancholy disappearance.

Piers Torday's magical stage adaptation of the classic children's Christmas tale by John Masefield. There are tricks, and then there's magic!After a seemingly chance encounter on a train, orphaned schoolboy Kay Harker finds himself the guardian of a small wooden box with powers beyond his wildest dreams. Caught up in a battle between two powerful magicians, Kay fights to save not only the people he loves but the future of Christmas itself. Adapted by Piers Today from John Masefield's classic children's novel, this festive production opened at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in October 2023, based on the original staging at Wilton's Music Hall, London, 2017. 'Very charming . . . and wildly imaginative.' Daily Telegraph (on the 2017 premiere)'A classic winter's night yarn told with energy and flair.' The Stage (on the 2023 revival)

The book's three sections - ingenious rewritings of canonical prayers, dramatic monologues from the Pendle witch trials of 1612, and the divine tragedy of the Elizabethan magus John Dee - obsess over individual human characters and how our past informs (and informs on) our present.

Did being on the wrong side of them get her killed?Either way, being out is absolute murderPraise for Charlotte Vassell's debut The Other Half - available now'Brilliantly compulsive .

New expanded edition of iconic British musician Jah Wobble's crictically acclaimed autobiography featuring a new introduction by Jon Savage.

Classic Richard Scarry: Discover the seasons with Nicholas the bunny. I am a bunny. When winter comes, Nicholas watches the snow falling from the sky, then curls up in his hollow tree and dreams about spring.

Skin is David Harsent's visionary new collection, consisting of ten dramatic sequences of poems, which, like a planetary system, operate on one another in a dynamic assemblage of propulsion and pull.

Twelve-year-old Eli is an apprentice librarian at the largest library in the world. But when his grandmother falls ill, he enters the Glorious Race of Magical Beasts to raise money for her treatment. Moon tortoises aren't suited to racing and Eli is no natural adventurer.

The no. 1 internationally bestselling High Coast series returns with a case that entangles Detective Eira Sjodin's own family with a decades-old murder.

Later, I would blame myself, wonder if things might have turned out differently if I hadn't shrugged it off, insisting Dad wasn't missing missing but just delayed, probably still in the woods looking for Eugene. Mia Parkson's life is turned upside down when her stay-at-home dad, the family's anchor, goes missing.

But his anger and fear keep boiling over, threatening his already uncertain future. Underpinning everything is what happened three years ago in their group care home, when Finlay and Banjo were as close as brothers until they stopped speaking.

A new graphic novel, perfect for fans of Dogman, Barry Loser and Bunny vs Monkey. When the school pizza parlour disappears and a giant robot suddenly appears, Pengtastic and Spanners know that only they can help the headmaster find his parlour before the school inspectors arrive and shut him down.

But to keep control of the story, and how they tell it, the women must fight against a rising tide. Penelope Skinner's passionate, searingly funny play opened at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London, in October 2023. 'Fascinating .

But Emma doesn't want to be somebody's muse, she wants to be the somebody. With rumours of Nelson's imminent arrival swirling around Naples, Emma knows exactly which pose to strike to catch his attention and leave her mark on history.

In this uproariously funny and charmingly illustrated book, readers are introduced to incredible animals and the bizarre things human scientists do to understand them. Did you know that crows never forget a face?

Loss is divined everywhere: in human relations, in the ruptures of class and privilege, and the poisoning of the planet. It is through a purgatorial leavening of pain that the narrator comes to terms with the delicate, shifting states of the ecological systems that merge with and surround us to create new forms of being and devotion.

Lavinia Greenlaw's Selected Poems provides a timely retrospective on thirty years of highly distinctive poetic output. The selection draws on five collections to date and from her free translation of Troilus and Criseyde.

The little-known success story of four working class girls who formed 'the female Beatles' in 1960s Liverpool