Quiet Mischief at Play
March 1, 2013 | by Faber Social
On March 4th, Faber Social celebrated our first monthly event of the Spring with perhaps our most international line-up of novelists so far. Nadeem As…
Powered by Readers: Acquiring Books with And Other Stories
February 28, 2013 | by Faber Social
It is said that about 10,000 hours of experience are required to become skilled in a job, for example to be a good musician or carpenter, say. And wha…
Patricio Pron on Translation
February 27, 2013 | by Faber Social
Although we sometimes think of translators as unwitting betrayers of the texts and authors they translate, the concept of betrayal has no place in fic…
Messing About in Boats: Writers & Rivers
February 4, 2013 | by Faber Social
‘I grew convinced that following water, flowing with it, would be a way of getting under the skin of things, of learning something new.’ Roger Deakin…
In the Name of the River
February 4, 2013 | by Faber Social
Since men first emerged from the water, they have written psalms in praise of the river. Old Man River. The River of Jordan. The Rivers of Babylon. Mo…
Chalk-Stream Charter Chalk-Stream Action
January 31, 2013 | by Faber Social
Slowly we are waking up to the fact that we have in southern England an almost unique eco-system comparable for its natural wonder with any on Earth,…
Insider vs. Outsider Art
January 28, 2013 | by Faber Social
Ben Street is an art historian, lecturer, museum educator, writer and curator. He is the co-director of the Sluice Art Fair, writes regular pieces on…
The Morning After
January 24, 2013 | by Faber Social
On Tuesday the 29th, the Faber Social is all about Beer – a celebration of booze and booziness after the long, cold weeks of what has for many been an…
Pubs, Fuffs and Hangovers
January 21, 2013 | by Faber Social
‘This room smells of fuffs!’ my dad would say. ‘Fuffs’ was the family word we had for ‘farts’. Of a Saturday morning, he strode across the room I had…
A Pint of Beer is Every Woman’s Right
January 17, 2013 | by Faber Social
The first Faber Social of 2013 – RE-TOX on 29th January (now sold out) – will be a celebration of all things beer. We haven’t worked it out, but we’re…