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Science writer Graham Farmelo in conversation with Simon Schaffer. Simon Schaffer is not only a leading historian of science but also a great teacher. He is without peer in his ability to illuminate how thinking about thinking about the natural world developed into our modern understanding of physics, often in ways unknown to most physicists today. Based on Graham Farmelo's book The Universe Speak...

Science writer Graham Farmelo in conversation with Sir Michael Atiyah. In an interview with Graham last November, Sir Michael Atiyah described how he became a ‘quasi-physicist. Ten weeks later, Atiyah was dead. He was one of the most accomplished mathematicians of the past century: no one had done more in the past decades to discover close links between pure mathematics and fundamental physics. Un...

Science writer Graham Farmelo in conversation with leading theoretical physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed, who gave Graham an inspiring interview about the mysterious harmony between pure mathematics and fundamental physics. First of a two-part interview. Based on Graham Farmelo's book The Universe Speaks in Numbers. https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571321803-the-universe-speaks-in-numbers.html

An extract from the incredible audiobook interpretation of the Sunday Times top ten bestselling novel Lanny by Max Porter, read by a cast of narrators.

*Top Ten Sunday Times bestseller* *Shortlisted for Costa Book Awards 2018* 'The best memoir I've ever read.' Dolly Alderton An audiobook extract from Viv Albertine's acclaimed autobiography To Throw Away Unopened, read by Jasmine Blackborrow.

Singer-songwriter, author and activist Billy Bragg reads from his new book The Three Dimensions of Freedom, in which he argues the urgent case for accountability. This is an extract from the audiobook of The Three Dimensions of Freedom, which is out now.

Listen to an audiobook extract from Louise Doughty's best-selling smash hit novel, Apple Tree Yard (later adapted into a BBC One drama starring Emily Watson). Read by Juliet Stevenson.

A short audiobook extract from Anna Burns' Milkman, the winner of the 2018 Man Booker Prize. Read by Brid Brennan.

Simon Armitage, the UK's new Poet Laureate, reads 'Last', a poem from his new book, Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic, which brings together work from across his writing career. This is an extract from the audiobook edition of Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic, available from all good audiobook retailers now.

In this exclusive audiobook extract from his new memoir Then It Fell Apart, Moby, riding high on the international success of his album Play, reflects on the pitfalls of fame. Then It Fell Apart is available now as ebook, print edition and audiobook: http://moby.com/book/buy

In this audiobook extract from Then It Fell Apart, Moby recounts an evening spent at the home of David Bowie and Iman, along with Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson. Then It Fell Apart, the new memoir from Moby is out now: http://moby.com/book/buy

Listen to an extract Then It Fell Apart, the latest memoir from Moby: a journey into the black hole of fame, a place where sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll seem to fasten the whole thing together – until it all starts to fall apart... http://moby.com/book/buy

Poet Rachael Allen reads 'Prawns of Joe', from her debut collection Kingdomland (Faber & Faber, 2019).

Rachael Allen reads 'Monstrous Horses', taken from her debut poetry collection, Kingdomland (Faber & Faber, 2019).

Rachael Allen reads the poem 'Lunatic Urbaine' from her new collection, Kingdomland (Faber & Faber, 2019).

Faber Members Event 20/11/18. Josh Cohen discussions presentations of families in Sally Rooney's Conversation with Friends, as part of Faber Members' Literature & Psychoanalysis series.

Faber Members Event 12/11/18. Acclaimed conductor Mark Wigglesworth and renowned theatre director Nicholas Hytner discuss the many parallels between their professions.

Listen to Rachael Allen read the title poem from her debut collection, Kingdomland (published by Faber & Faber, January 2019).

A poem from the T. S. Eliot Prize-shortlisted collection Us, written and read by Zaffar Kunial.

'Prayer', read by Zaffar Kunial. Us, the debut collection by Zaffar Kunial is out now and is shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry 2018.

Award-winning poet Zaffar Kunial reads 'The Word', a poem from his debut collection, Us (Faber & Faber 2018).

Listen to Zaffar Kunial reading his poem 'Self Portrait as Bottom', taken from his debut collection, Us (2018).

In this exclusive chapter extract from the recently released Beastie Boys Book audiobook, Michael 'Mike D' Diamond describes the experience of seeing Black Flag at the Peppermint Lounge in 1981, a gig that would be a catalyst for a number of bands forming, including the Beastie Boys.

Formed as a New York City hardcore band in 1981, Beastie Boys struck an unlikely path to global hip-hop superstardom. Here is their story, told for the first time in the words of band members, Adam "AD-ROCK" Horovitz and Michael "Mike D" Diamond. Over 40 A-list stars narrate the Beastie Boys Book audiobook including, Steve Buscemi, Jarvis Cocker, Elvis Costello, Chuck D, Nadia Dajani, Michael Diam...

Book to Book is a podcast from Faber, inviting authors to discuss their new work and a book that inspired them. In this third episode, hosted by George Miller, he interviews Sue Prideaux, author of a revelatory new biography of Friedrich Nietzsche, I Am Dynamite!