Toby Faber's guest appearances

Toby Faber

The John Batchelor Show

Meet the Writers

The Biblio File: Hosted by Nigel Beale

The Book Club

The Biblio File hosted by Nigel Beale

Lifelines with John Augustine - Delta College Public Radio

RNZ: Nine To Noon

RNZ: Saturday Morning

Hermione Lee

Richard Holloway

Ross King

Shirley Smith

Simon Winchester

Etgar Keret

Paul Muldoon

Amitav Ghosh

Siri Hustvedt

Blake Gopnik

Tom Doherty

Seamus Heaney

John Muir

David Brooks

Sharon Van Etten

OwlTail

Toby Faber grew up with Faber &amp; Faber - its books and stories have played an important role in his life. He was the company's managing director for four years and remains a non-executive director and chairman of sister company Faber Music. He has written two celebrated works of non-fiction, Stradivarius and Fabergé 's Eggs. His first novel, Close to the Edge, was published by Muswell Press in 2019. He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.     We met via Zoom to talk about his book  Faber &amp; Faber: The Untold Story. Toby tells the story in the words of those who founded and worked for the company during the 20th century. One of founder Geoffrey Faber (Toby's grandfather)'s great strengths, he says, was recruitment. ​Toby provides me with verbal sketches of many of those recruited to the firm, including T.S. Eliot, Morley Kennerley, Frank Morley, Richard de la Mare, Charles Monteith, Robert McCrum and others.    In addition to tracing the history of Faber we look at some of the reasons why it continues to thrive as an independent company, including the fact that, years ago, it chose to maintain control of publishing its own paperback editions of backlist titles.

Toby Faber grew up with <a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faber &amp; Faber</a> - its books and stories have played an important role in his life. He was the company's managing director for four years and remains a non-executive director and chairman of sister company Faber Music. He has written two celebrated works of non-fiction, Stradivarius and Fabergé 's Eggs. His first novel, Close to the Edge, was published by Muswell Press in 2019. He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.    We met via Zoom to talk about his book <a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/catalog/product/view/id/7092/s/9780571339044-faber-faber/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Faber &amp; Faber: The Untold Story</a>. Toby tells the story in the words of those who founded and worked for the company during the 20th century. One of founder Geoffrey Faber (Toby's grandfather)'s great strengths, he says, was recruitment. ​Toby provides me with verbal sketches of many of those recruited to the firm, including T.S. Eliot, Morley Kennerley, Frank Morley, Richard de la Mare, Charles Monteith, Robert McCrum and others.    In addition to tracing the history of Faber we look at some of the reasons why it continues to thrive as an independent company, including the fact that, years ago, it chose to maintain control of publishing its own paperback editions of backlist titles.

Toby Faber tells the Untold Story of Faber & Faber

This year the publishers Faber &amp; Faber celebrate their 90th birthday, and to honour the occasion Sam is joined by Toby Faber, the founder’s grandson and the author of a new history of the company called Faber &amp; Faber: The Untold Story. Most corporate histories are boring, but this one — told largely through the correspondence of that company’s astonishing cast of literary luminaries — is anything but. Toby talks about the company’s rackety start as a publisher of medical textbooks; about T.S. Eliot and the genesis of Cats; and Kazuo Ishiguro’s most mortifying moment.

This year the publishers Faber &amp; Faber celebrate their 90th birthday, and to honour the occasion Sam is joined by Toby Faber, the founder’s grandson and the author of a new history of the company called Faber &amp; Faber: The Untold Story. Most corporate histories are boring, but this one — told largely through the correspondence of that company’s astonishing cast of literary luminaries — is anything but. Toby talks about the company’s rackety start as a publisher of medical textbooks; about T.S. Eliot and the genesis of Cats; and Kazuo Ishiguro’s most mortifying moment.

Toby Faber: the Untold Story of Faber and Faber


    Over the past 90 years, Faber &amp; Faber's authors have included William Golding, TS Eliot, WH Auden, Sylvia Plath, Samuel Beckett, Seamus Heaney, Alan Bennett, PD James, John Carey, Kazuo Ishiguro, Barbara Kingsolver, Sebastian Barry and many Nobel and Booker winners. As the grandson of Faber's founder, Toby Faber grew up steeped in the company's books and its stories. He was Faber's managing director for four years and remains a non-executive director and chairman of sister company Faber Music.He has written two celebrated works of non-fiction, Stradivarius and Faberge's Eggs, and now, Faber &amp; Faber: The untold story, which he will discuss with Noelle. Toby Faber is touring in New Zealand in July-August as a guest of the Decorative and Fine Arts Societies of NZ. He'll also talk in Auckland and Wellington.

  

Toby Faber  - The untold story of Faber & Faber publishing


    Tilly Lloyd from Unity Books reviews two new releases by Toby Faber today: Close to the Edge, and Faber &amp; Faber: The Untold Story of a Great Publishing House. These books are published by Muswell Press / Faber.

  

Book review - Two new books by Toby Faber

Stradivari built some of the finest and most famous instruments ever made, including the violins that bear his name.

Antonio Stradivari - Stradivari's Genius by Toby Faber

Previously managing director of Faber and Faber, Toby Faber is now a non-executive director of the firm and Chairman of its sister company Faber Music. An author in his own right, Faber has written two books  Fabergé's Eggs and  Stradivari’s Genius: Five Violins, One Cello, and Three Centuries of Enduring Perfection, both successful, neither of them published by Faber. Born in Cambridge, England, in 1965, he lives in London with his wife and daughter. We met to talk about his family's renowned publishing firm, its history and how interested parties might best go about collecting its publications. Our conversation took place at Faber HQ in London, specifically at the same table Toby's grandfather Geoffrey frequently sat at years ago with T.S. Eliot, Richard de la Mare and other iconic members of the Faber 'family.'

Previously managing director of Faber and Faber, <a href="http://www.tobyfaber.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Toby Faber</a> is now a non-executive director of the firm and Chairman of its sister company <a href="http://www.fabermusic.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Faber Music</a>. An author in his own right, Faber has written two books <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=36381" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Fabergé's Eggs and</a> <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=36381" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Stradivari’s Genius: Five Violins, One Cello, and Three Centuries of Enduring Perfection,</a> both successful, neither of them published by Faber. Born in Cambridge, England, in 1965, he lives in London with his wife and daughter. We met to talk about his family's renowned publishing firm, its history and how interested parties might best go about collecting its publications. Our conversation took place at Faber HQ in London, specifically at the same table Toby's grandfather Geoffrey frequently sat at years ago with T.S. Eliot, Richard de la Mare and other iconic members of the Faber 'family.'