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Sample: Inherit The Truth by Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

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Audio Trailer: Inherit The Truth by Anita Lasker-Wallfisch

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Voice Memo 9 - Rat Park (pg 120-121)

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Voice Memo 47 - Bystander Effect (pg 210-211)

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Voice Memo 23 - Cavepeople (pg 163-164)

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Anna Burns | Milkman

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Charlotte Rampling & Lambert Wilson read Paris by Hope Mirrlees

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New Cemetery: Audiobook Extract

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John & Paul: Audiobook Extract

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Small Things Like These: Audiobook Extract

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Outline: Audiobook Extract

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Demon Copperhead: Audiobook Extract

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Klara and the Sun: Audiobook Extract

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Listen to Simon Armitage reading 'Nest Box' from Dwell

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The Unnamable (Sound Art)

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My Word: from the Spiritual Diary of Dr Dee by Camille Ralphs

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Yobbo - From - Look - We - Have - Coming - To - Dover - Audio - 2-mins

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The - Bell - Jar - Audio - 2-mins

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Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro - Chapter One Opening

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Lord of the Flies by William Golding - Audiobook

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Nestor Kornblum - Overtone Chant

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Rites of Passage by William Golding – Audio Extract

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The Waste Land audio extract read by Edoardo Ballerini

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Black British Mothers Matter by Baroness Doreen Lawrence (read by Debra Michaels)

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Black British Historians Matter by Lenny Henry and David Olusoga

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Pincher Martin - Audio Book Extract

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The Inheritors - Audio Book Extract

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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath – audiobook extract

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Mayflies by Andrew O' Hagan Audio Extract

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Britain Alone Audio Book Extract

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Excavate! Audio Book Extract

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Nervous Conditions Audio Book Extract

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Outline Audio Book Extract

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Bessie Smith Audio Book Extract

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Klara and the Sun Audio Book Extract

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'Public Library, 1988' from Soho by Richard Scott

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Nicola Upson reads from The Dead Of Winter

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Amelia Gentleman on The Windrush Betrayal

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Sam Riviere: Epigram [63]

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Melissa Harrison's The Stubborn Light of Things

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Randomly Moving Particles

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Joe Dunthorne: Worship

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Ten Days in Harlem by Simon Hall: Prologue

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Ten Days in Harlem by Simon Hall: The Stage Is Set (1)

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Ten Days in Harlem by Simon Hall: The Stage Is Set (2)

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Ten Days in Harlem by Simon Hall: The Stage Is Set (3)

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Ten Days in Harlem by Simon Hall: The Stage Is Set (4)

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Ten Days in Harlem by Simon Hall: The Stage Is Set (5)

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Nicola Upson reads from Sorry For The Dead

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Matthew Francis: Yellow

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Mary Jean Chan reads Flèche

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Julia Copus reads Stories

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Paris by Hope Mirrlees read by Charlotte Rampling and Lambert Wilson

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Natalie Diaz reads Manhattan Is A Lenape Word

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Ilya Kaminsky – We Lived Happily During The War

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Faber Book of the Week | A Mind To Murder

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Emily Berry reads Emily Dickinson

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Faber Book of the Week: This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health by Nathan Filer, part 2

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Faber Book of the Week: This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health by Nathan Filer, part 1

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How to Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons)Read By Barbara Kingsolver

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Wendy Cope reads The Damage to the Piano

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Ishion Hutchinson reads Marina by T.S. Eliot

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The Universe Speaks in Numbers 13: Graham Farmelo interviews Lance Dixon

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The Universe Speaks in Numbers 12: Graham Farmelo interviews Robbert Dijkgraaf

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The Universe Speaks in Numbers 11: Graham Farmelo interviews Greg Moore

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The Universe Speaks in Numbers 10: Graham Farmelo interviews Freeman Dyson

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The Universe Speaks in Numbers 9: Graham Farmelo interviews Michela Massimi

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Nathan Filer reads from The Heartland: Finding and Losing Schizophrenia

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The Universe Speaks in Numbers 8: Graham Farmelo interviews Juan Maldacena

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The Universe Speaks in Numbers 7: Graham Farmelo interviews Roger Penrose

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The Universe Speaks in Numbers 1B: Graham Farmelo interviews Nima Arkani-Hamed (part 2)

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The Universe Speaks in Numbers 6: Graham Farmelo interviews Michael Green

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The Universe Speaks in Numbers 5: Graham Farmelo interviews Edward Witten

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The Universe Speaks in Numbers 4: Graham Farmelo interviews Val Gibson

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The Universe Speaks in Numbers 3: Graham Farmelo interviews Simon Schaffer

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The Universe Speaks in Numbers 2: Graham Farmelo interviews Michael Atiyah

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The Universe Speaks in Numbers 1: Graham Farmelo interviews Nima Arkani-Hamed (part 1)

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Lanny by Max Porter (audiobook extract)

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To Throw Away Unopened by Viv Albertine (audiobook extract)

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Billy Bragg reads from The Three Dimensions Of Freedom

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Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty (audiobook extract)

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Milkman by Anna Burns (audiobook extract)

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Simon Armitage reads his poem 'Last'

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Moby reads from his memoir Then It Fell Apart

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Dinner at David Bowie's (Moby reads from Then It Fell Apart)

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Moby reads from Then It Fell Apart (audiobook extract)

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Rachael Allen reads 'Prawns of Joe'

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Rachael Allen reads Monstrous Horses

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Rachael Allen reads Lunatic Urbaine

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Faber Members Presents: Literature & Psychoanalysis - Josh Cohen on Conversations with Friends

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Faber Members Presents: Mark Wigglesworth & Nicholas Hytner in Conversation

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Rachael Allen reads Kingdomland

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Fielder by Zaffar Kunial

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Prayer by Zaffar Kunial

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The Word by Zaffar Kunial

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Self Portrait as Bottom by Zaffar Kunial

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Michael Diamond reads an exclusive extract from Beastie Boys Book

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Beastie Boys Book, audiobook extract – Wild Card (An Introduction) by Adam Horovitz

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Book To Book episode 3 with Sue Prideaux – the Faber podcast

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Book To Book episode 2 with William Atkins – the Faber podcast

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Book To Book episode 1 with Stephen Moss – the Faber Podcast

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The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro - Extract

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Jeremy Irons reading T. S. Eliot's 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' - Clip

104

Kismet by Luke Tredget - Extract

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Untitled read by Sophie Collins

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Who Is Mary Sue? read by Sophie Collins

107

Hannah Sullivan reading 'You, Very Young in New York'

108

Collusion by Luke Harding – sample chapter on the Trump/Russia scandal

109

1,423 QI Facts to Bowl You Over radio ad

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Book of the Week: Collusion by Luke Harding

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Moved by the Beauty Of Trees

112

The Lords and Commons Of Summer

113

After The Hurricane read by Ishion Hutchinson

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Faber Poetry Podcast – Daljit Nagra

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David Keenan Takeover Part 2

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David Keenan Takeover Part 1

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Winter by Emily Berry

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Procession by Emily Berry

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Everything Bad is Permanent by Emily Berry

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Paul Auster reads from 4321

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01 Steel Teeth "Maggie's Den" from Callisto (ST-13)

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03 Chinese Moon "Thrumming" from Hitch In Time/Thrumming/Phasing (ST-101)

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02 Kazoo Icing Compass "Austerity 1" from The New Austerity (ST-69)

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Well Love - Alan Bennett reads from Keeping On Keeping On

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Conscientious Diarist - Alan Bennett reads from Keeping On Keeping On

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Names Bleeped - Alan Bennett reads from Keeping On Keeping On

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Aren't You Famous - Alan Bennett reads from Keeping On Keeping On

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Chatting with Mam - Alan Bennett reads from Keeping On Keeping On

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Jenny Agutter reads from P. D. James' The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories

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Michael Dickman reads "Dead Brother Superhero"

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Matthew Dickman reads "Satellite"

132

Michael Dickman reads "Killing Flies"

133

Matthew Dickman reads "Cloud"

134

Faber Poetry Podcast: Michael and Matthew Dickman

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Michael Dickman reads "The New Green"

136

Matthew Dickman reads "My Brother's Grave"

137

Frederick Seidel reads "Robespierre"

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Frederick Seidel reads "France Now"

139

PLASH, inspired by Melissa Harrison's book RAIN

140

Max Porter reads from Grief is the Thing with Feathers

141

Melissa Harrison on walking in the rain

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Faber Poetry Podcast: Lavinia Greenlaw

143

Edward Dusinberre: Beethoven for a Later Age

144

Historian Simon Hall on 1956: the World in Revolt

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Faber New Poets 2014 - Will Burns reads Transmission

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Faber New Poets 2014 - Will Burns reads In the Bar at the Golden Heart Hotel

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Faber New Poets 2014 - Declan Ryan reads Ethiopia Shall Stretch Forth Her Hands

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Faber New Poets 2014 - Declan Ryan reads When We Were Kings

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Faber New Poets 2014 - Will Burns reads Guy

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James Shapiro on 1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear

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Faber Podcast - Arcadia by Iain Pears

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Wellington's Waterloo Dispatch read by Hugh Grant

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David Harsent | Tinnitus: August, sun beating the rooftops

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David Harsent | Tinnitus: May, low skies and thunder

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David Harsent | Tinnitus: January, thin rain becoming ice

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David Harsent | Armistice

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David Harsent | M. A. D. 1971 (Rat Run)

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David Harsent | Fire: a song for Mistress Askew

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Peter Carey: Amnesia

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Historian Jenny Uglow on Britain during the Napoleonic Wars

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Helen Castor: Joan of Arc

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David Harsent: Fire Songs (Part 2)

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David Harsent: Fire Songs (Part 1)

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Terry Coleman: The Old Vic

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'The Trees' by Philip Larkin, read by Alan Bennett

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'To an Athlete Dying Young' by A. E. Housman, read by Alan Bennett

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'Proud Songsters' by Thomas Hardy, read by Alan Bennett

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Dan Jones: The Hollow Crown

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John Lanchester: How to Speak Money

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Eimear McBride reads from A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing

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Gerard Lyons: The Consolations of Economics

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Roderick Bailey: Target: Italy

173

Akhil Sharma: Family Life

174

Through It All I've Always Laughed: The Early Years of Count Arthur Strong!

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Maria McCann: Ace, King, Knave

176

John Bridcut on Benjamin Britten (Part 2)

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John Bridcut on Benjamin Britten (Part 1)

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Colin Matthews on Benjamin Britten

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Ronald Blythe: The Time by the Sea

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Ronald Blythe Reads an Extract from The Time by the Sea

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Benjamin Britten: The Curlew (Bonus Track)

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Benjamin Britten: Desert Island Discs

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Benjamin Britten: His Musical Legacy

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Graham Farmelo: Churchill's Bomb

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Benjamin Britten: Britten and Boys

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Benjamin Britten: A Documented Life

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Benjamin Britten: First Encounters

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Christopher Reid: Six Bad Poets

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Christopher Reid: A Career in Poetry

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A Scattering: A Poem by Christopher Reid

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Michael Blakemore: Stage Blood

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Liffs: Croom and Fackham

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Liffs: Berlano, Peakirk, Caterham, Letchlade and Aberdovey

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Liffs: Martin Hussingtree and Poughkeepsie

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John Lloyd on Zolling

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John Lloyd on the story behind writing Afterliff

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John Lloyd reads from the Meaning of Liff 3

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John Lloyd reads from the Meaning of Liff 2

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John Lloyd reads from the Meaning of Liff 1

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John Lloyd on the background to The Meaning of Liff

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Tomato Salad

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The Old Fuel

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Sweet Arlene

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Some Fears

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A Short Guide to Corseting

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Nothing Sets My Heart Aflame

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Letter to Husband

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Emily Berry: Dear Boy

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Eugen Ruge: In Times of Fading Light

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In Times of Fading Light by Eugen Ruge (Extract 2 of 2)

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In Times of Fading Light by Eugen Ruge (Extract 1 of 2)

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Barbara Kingsolver: Flight Behaviour

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Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver (Extract)

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Marcel Theroux: Strange Bodies

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Strange Bodies by Marcel Theroux (Extract 2 of 2)

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Strange Bodies by Marcel Theroux (Extract 1 of 2)

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Louise Doughty: Apple Tree Yard

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Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty (Extract 2 of 2)

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Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty (Extract 1 of 2)

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She Left Me the Gun by Emma Brockes (Extract 2 of 2)

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She Left Me the Gun by Emma Brockes (Extract 1 of 2)

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Emma Brockes: She Left Me the Gun

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Nadeem Aslam reads from The Blind Man's Garden (3 of 3)

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Nadeem Aslam reads from The Blind Man's Garden (2 of 3)

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Nadeem Aslam reads from The Blind Man's Garden (1 of 3)

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Nadeem Aslam: The Blind Man's Garden

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Alice Oswald Reading at Faber Social

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Neil McKenna reads from Fanny and Stella (2 of 2)

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Neil McKenna reads from Fanny and Stella (1 of 2)

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Neil McKenna: Fanny and Stella

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David Peace Reads from 'Red or Dead'

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Francis Spufford: An extract from Red Plenty (3 of 3)

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Francis Spufford: An extract from Red Plenty (2 of 3)

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Francis Spufford: An extract from Red Plenty (1 of 3)

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Orhan Pamuk: Silent House

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Ronald Frame: Havisham

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Paul Auster Reads from Winter Journal

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Paul Auster: Winter Journal

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Edna O'Brien Reads from Country Girl (Extract 2)

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Edna O'Brien Reads from Country Girl (Extract 1)

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Edna O'Brien: Country Girl

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John Gordon Sinclair reads from Seventy Times Seven (Extract 2)

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John Gordon Sinclair reads from Seventy Times Seven (Extract 1)

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John Gordon Sinclair: Seventy Times Seven

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Jeet Thayil reads from Narcopolis at the Faber Social

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Francis Spufford: Unapologetic

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Francis Spufford: An extract from 'Unapologetic'

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The Harvest Moon by Ted Hughes

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The Thought-Fox by Ted Hughes

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Paul Ormerod: Positive Linking

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Kirsty Gunn: The Big Music

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1953 | Winged Back by Dannie Abse

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1964 | Events & Happenings by Roger McGough

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1977 | 1977 (I am quite sure of this) by Imtiaz Dharker

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1954 | The Royal Visit by Fleur Adcock

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1957 | On not dying young by Elaine Feinstein

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1963 | World Events by Ruth Fainlight

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1974 | 1974 by Vicki Feaver

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1976 | To a Ladybird by Sarah Maguire

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1999 | Margaret Kirk née Baxter by Jackie Kay

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2008 | In the space of that year by Clare Shaw

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2009 | Home Birth by Sinead Morrissey

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1994 | Chunnel / Le Tunnel sous la Manche by Patience Agbabi

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1966 | Photograph, Art Student, Female, Working Class by Liz Lochhead

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Lindsey Hilsum: Sandstorm

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Lindsey Hilsum Reads from 'Sandstorm' (extract 3)

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Lindsey Hilsum Reads from 'Sandstorm' (extract 2)

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Lindsey Hilsum Reads from 'Sandstorm' (extract 1)

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Elliot Perlman: The Street Sweeper

270

Robin Dunbar: The Science of Love and Betrayal

271

Tobias Jones: Blood on the Altar

272

Philip Oltermann: Keeping Up with the Germans

273

James Palmer: The Death of Mao

274

If You Prefer a Milder Comedian - Stewart Lee: The Podcast

275

Philip Larkin reads The Sunday Sessions (Toads)

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Philip Larkin reads The Sunday Sessions (1914)

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Philip Larkin reads The Sunday Sessions (Lines On A Young Ladies Photograph Album)

278

Matthew Sweet: The West End Front

279

Matthew Sweet, Oral History & The West End Front

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Matthew Sweet, Stella Lonsdale & The West End Front

281

Fiona MacCarthy: The Last Pre-Raphaelite

282

P. D. James: Death Comes to Pemberley

283

Death Comes to Pemberley: An Extract Read by P. D. James

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Sebastian Barry: On Canaan's Side

285

The Faber Podcast 27 (Part 2): Nicholas Rankin on Ian Fleming's Commandos

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The Faber Podcast 27 (Part 1): Tim Jeal on Explorers of the Nile

287

Michael Frayn: My Father's Fortune and Other Writing

288

The Faber Podcast 26: Matthew Hollis & Richard T. Kelly

289

Matthew Hollis: Now All Roads Lead to France

290

Richard T. Kelly: The Possessions of Doctor Forrest

291

Steve Sem-Sandberg: The Emperor of Lies

292

The Faber Podcast 25: Jane Harris & Jonathan Glancey

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Jonathan Glancey: Nagaland

294

Ray Ryan introducing The Good of the Novel panel discussion

295

James Wood on The Good of the Novel

296

Lee Brackstone on The Good of the Novel

297

Frances Wilson on The Good of the Novel

298

Amit Chaudhuri on The Good of the Novel

299

Panel discussion on The Good of the Novel

300

Judy Golding: The Children of Lovers

301

Jane Harris: Gillespie and I

302

The Faber Podcast 24: Lewis Wolpert & Andrew Martin

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Lewis Wolpert: You're Looking Very Well

304

Andrew Martin: The Somme Stations

305

T.S. Eliot reads The Waste Land (The Burial of the Dead, extract)

306

Ted Hughes reads The Waste Land (A Game of Chess, extract)

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Viggo Mortensen reads The Waste Land (The Fire Sermon, extract)

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Barbara Kingsolver: The Lacuna

309

David Peace: Occupied City & The Tokyo Trilogy

310

P. D. James: A Life in Crime

311

Kazuo Ishiguro: On The Remains of the Day and Other Books (Part 2)

312

Kazuo Ishiguro: On Nocturnes and Other Books (Part 1)

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Junot Diaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

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The Faber Podcast 23: Edna O'Brien & Manju Kapur

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Manju Kapur: Custody

316

Edna O'Brien: Saints and Sinners

317

Shovel Kings read by Edna O'Brien

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My Two Mothers read by Edna O'Brien

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The Faber Podcast 22: Jonathan Watts & David Olusoga

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Jonathan Watts: When a Billion Chinese Jump

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David Olusoga: The Kaiser's Holocaust

322

The Faber Podcast 21: Francis Spufford & Norman Lebrecht

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Francis Spufford: Red Plenty

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Norman Lebrecht: Why Mahler?

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The Faber Podcast 20: Louise Doughty & Marek Kohn

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Louise Doughty: Whatever You Love

327

Marek Kohn: Turned Out Nice

328

The Faber Podcast 19: Andrew O'Hagan & Lucy Worsley

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Andrew O'Hagan: The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog

330

Lucy Worsley: Courtiers

331

The Faber Podcast 18: James Shapiro & Maria McCann

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James Shapiro: Contested Will

333

Maria McCann: The Wilding

334

The Faber Podcast 17: Robin Dunbar & Alex Preston

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Robin Dunbar: How Many Friends Does One Person Need?

336

Alex Preston: This Bleeding City

337

The Faber Podcast 16: Jonathan Lethem & Peter Carey

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Jonathan Lethem: Chronic City

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Peter Carey: Parrot and Olivier in America

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The Faber Podcast 15: Tobias Jones & Nicola Upson

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Tobias Jones: The Salati Case

342

Nicola Upson: Angel With Two Faces

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The Faber Podcast 14: Jenny Uglow & Marcus Chown

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Jenny Uglow: A Gambling Man

345

Marcus Chown: We Need to Talk About Kelvin

346

The Faber Podcast 13: John Carey & Roland Chambers

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Roland Chambers: The Last Englishman

348

John Carey: William Golding - The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies

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The Faber Podcast 12: Giles Foden & Sarah Hall

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Giles Foden: Turbulence

351

Sarah Hall: How to Paint a Dead Man

352

The Faber Podcast 11: Andy Beckett & Adam Creed

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Andy Beckett: When the Lights Went Out

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Adam Creed: Suffer the Children

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The Faber Podcast 10: Petina Gappah & Oliver Balch

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Petina Gappah: An Elegy for Easterly

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Oliver Balch: Viva South America!

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The Faber Podcast 9: Lewis Wolpert & Stav Sherez

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Lewis Wolpert: How We Live and Why We Die

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Stav Sherez: The Black Monastery

361

The Faber Podcast 8: Graham Farmelo & Sam Taylor

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Graham Farmelo: The Strangest Man

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Sam Taylor: The Island at the End of the World

364

The Faber Podcast 7: Kathleen Burk & Michael Bywater

365

The Faber Podcast 6: Paul Auster & Nadeem Aslam

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Paul Auster: Man in the Dark

367

Nadeem Aslam: The Wasted Vigil

368

The Faber Podcast 5: James Bradley & Mark Thompson

369

James Bradley: The Resurrectionist

370

Mark Thompson: The White War

371

The Faber Podcast 4: Andrew Sean Greer & Stephen Armstrong

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Andrew Sean Greer: The Story of a Marriage

373

Stephen Armstrong: War plc

374

The Faber Podcast 3: Sebastian Barry & Stefan Merrill Block

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Sebastian Barry: The Secret Scripture

376

Stefan Merrill Block: The Story of Forgetting

377

The Faber Podcast 2: Adam Mars-Jones, Frances Wilson & Peter Carey

378

Peter Carey: His Illegal Self

379

Adam Mars-Jones: Pilcrow

380

Frances Wilson: The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth

381

The Faber Podcast 1: Richard T. Kelly, Jenna Bailey & Hanif Kureishi

382

Richard T. Kelly: Crusaders

383

Jenna Bailey: Can Any Mother Help Me?

384

Hanif Kureishi: Something to Tell You

385

Orhan Pamuk: Other Colours

386

David Harsent on Night and Other Poetry

387

Jo Shapcott on Of Mutability and Other Poems

388

Michael Hofmann in Conversation

389

Emma Jones on The Striped World

390

A Motorcycle for a Horse by Willy Vlautin