Blankets Craig Thompson A cult classic and one of the bestselling graphic novels of all time. Sales points • First published in the US in 2003, Blankets is new to Faber • Craig Thompson is one of the most highly respected graphic novelists; he has received four Harvey Awards, three Eisner Awards and two Ignatz Awards Description 'Achingly beautiful. a first-love story so well remembered and honest that it reminds you what falling in love feels like.' - Time magazine Wrapped in the landscape of a blustery Wisconsin winter, Blankets explores the sibling rivalry of two brothers growing up in rural isolation, and the budding romance of two young lovers. A tale of security and discovery, of playfulness and tragedy, of a fall from grace and the origins of faith, Blankets is a profound and utterly beautiful work. About the Author Craig Thompson's previous graphic novels include Goodbye, Chunky Rice, Blankets, Carnet de Voyage, Habibi , an Observer Graphic Novel of the Month, a New York Times bestseller, and described by Neel Mukherjee as 'a landmark publication' - and most recently Space Dumplins. His work has received four Harvey Awards, three Eisner Awards and two Ignatz Awards. Price: $39.99 (NZ$45.00) ISBN: 9780571336029 Format: Paperback Dimensions: 228x178mm Extent: 592 pages Main Category: FX Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Faber Fiction The Map and the Clock: A Laureate's Choice of the Poetry of Britain and Ireland edited by Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke Now in paperback: a celebration of the most scintillating poems ever composed in Britain, chosen by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke, the National Poet of Wales. Sales points • Fourteen centuries of extraordinary verse - from nursery tales and songs to Beowulf and the Mabinogion through to contemporary poets • A stunning and essential treasury of the poems that have moulded the languages, examined the worlds, and shaped the islands of Great Britain through time Description The Map and the Clock is a celebration of the most scintillating poems ever composed in Britain. Curated by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, and by Gillian Clarke, National Poet of Wales, this anthology gathers fourteen centuries of extraordinary verse - beginning with the first writings from the old languages of England and Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and culminating in some of our most recent poets, speaking in our present-day tongues. Many of our founding myths and legends are told here - King Arthur and Gawain, Beowulf and Mad Sweeney, the Mabinogion - as are the nursery-tales and songs we still sing today. Through these pages we witness the tragedy of European wars and world conflict; we court romance and friendship; we explore nationhood and belonging, identity and belief; and we are welcomed to a celebration of the cultural diversity of the poetries of our twenty-first century. The Map and the Clock is a stunning and essential treasury of the poems that have moulded our languages, examined our worlds, and shaped our islands through time. About the Author Price: $24.99 (NZ$27.99) Carol Ann Duffy was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and grew up in Stafford, England. She won the 1993 Whitbread Award ISBN: 9780571277094 Format: Paperback - B format for Poetry and the Forward Prize for Best Collection for Mean Time. The World's Wife received the E. M. Forster Award in Dimensions: 198x129mm America, while Rapture won the T. S. Eliot Prize 2005. She is currently Professor of Contemporary Poetry at Manchester Extent: 736 pages Metropolitan University. Her most recent volumes are New and Collected Poems for Children (2009) and The Bees Main Category: DC Poetry Sub Category: (2011), which won the Costa Poetry Award. Her Collected Poems was published in 2015. She is Poet Laureate. Illustrations: Previous Titles: Gillian Clarke was born in Cardiff, Wales. National Poet of Wales 2008-2016, winner of the Queen's Gold Medal for Author now living: Poetry (2010) and the Wilfred Owen Association Poetry award (2012), she is one of the best-known names in UK poetry today, as well as one of the most popular poets on the school curriculum. Poet, playwright, editor, translator, she is President of Ty Newydd writers' centre in North Wales which she co-founded in 1990. Her collections include Making Beds for the Dead (2004) and A Recipe for Water (2009); her Selected Poems appeared in 2016. Faber Poetry Crossing the Water Sylvia Plath First published posthumously in 1971, Crossing the Water is now reissued, along with Winter Trees, with a Faber typographical cover. Sales points • A collection of Sylvia Plath's poems, curated and published by Ted Hughes after her death • The collection includes several of her well-known poems - including 'Wuthering Heights', 'Blackberrying' and 'Mirror' • Description Both published posthumously in 1971, Crossing the Water and Winter Trees contain the poems written along with those that went to form Ariel, from the exceptionally creative period that led up to Sylvia Plath's suicide in 1963. Between them they evoke a sense of place and history, mythology both personal and familial and rooted deeply in the natural world. Alongside the poems in Winter Trees is published Plath's radio play Three Women. In these new incarnations the two extraordinary volumes find their place alongside The Colossus and Ariel in the oeuvre of a singular talent. About the Author Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and studied at Smith College. In 1955 she went to Cambridge University on a Fulbright scholarship, where she met and later married Ted Hughes. She published one collection of poems in her lifetime, The Colossus (1960), and a novel, The Bell Jar (1963). Her Collected Poems, which contains her poetry written from 1956 until her death, was published in 1981 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Price: $22.99 (NZ$24.99) ISBN: 9780571330096 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x126mm Extent: 64 pages Main Category: DC Poetry Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Faber Poetry Winter Trees Sylvia Plath First published posthumously in 1971, Winter Trees is now reissued, along with Crossing the Water, with a Faber typographical cover. Sales points • Alongside the poems in Winter Trees is Plath's radio play Three Women • In these new incarnations the two extraordinary volumes find their place alongside The Colossus and Ariel in the oeuvre of a singular talent Description Both published posthumously in 1971, Crossing the Water and Winter Trees contain the poems written along with those that went to form Ariel, from the exceptionally creative period that led up to Sylvia Plath's suicide in 1963. Between them they evoke a sense of place and history, mythology both personal and familial and rooted deeply in the natural world. Alongside the poems in Winter Trees is published Plath's radio play Three Women. In these new incarnations the two extraordinary volumes find their place alongside The Colossus and Ariel in the oeuvre of a singular talent. About the Author Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and studied at Smith College. In 1955 she went to Cambridge University on a Fulbright scholarship, where she met and later married Ted Hughes. She published one collection of poems in her lifetime, The Colossus (1960), and a novel, The Bell Jar (1963). Her Collected Poems, which contains her poetry written from 1956 until her death, was published in 1981 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Price: $22.99 (NZ$24.99) ISBN: 9780571330102 Format: Paperback - B format Dimensions: 198x129mm Extent: 64 pages Main Category: DC Poetry Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Faber Poetry Comet in Moominland Tove Jansson Special Collectors' Edition lovingly restored to its original stunning design. Sales points • Transformative stories with beautiful values of kindness and integrity • Taps into the nostalgic market - as much for adults as for children • Stunning 1950s and 60s vintage covers on art paper wrappers • Brilliant-coloured cloth casings with a Moomin line drawing on each side with full colour endpapers • Moomins is a huge brand in itself now - with mugs and merchandising galore - including a collaboration on a clothing range with Uniqlo Description When signs appear that a comet is heading towards their beloved Moominvalley, Moomin and his friend Sniff set sail to consult with the professors in the distant Lonely Mountains. Their journey is full of adventures and narrow escapes; from crocodiles, giant lizards, eagles and the like, but new friends - soon to become firm friends - help lighten the way. In this first and most exciting Moomin novel, we meet the wandering Snufkin, the fascinating Snork Maiden and her brother the Snork as they join Moomin in his race to get home to Moominmamma before the comet crashes. About the Author The Finnish artist and author Tove Jansson (1914-2001) wrote and illustrated her first Moomin story, The Moomins and the Great Flood, in 1945 as a form of escape from the dark shadows of war. The publication of Comet in Moominland, introducing readers to the much loved Snufkin, Snork and the Snork maiden, launched the world famous series of Moomin novels, the eight titles of which would be translated into over 60 languages and remain in print for over six decades. Tove Jansson lived in Helsinki and a tiny island in the Gulf of Finland which she shared with her life partner, the graphic artist, Tuulikki Pietila. Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) ISBN: 9781908745651 Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 185x135mm Extent: 176 pages Main Category: YBCH Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: Sort of Finn Family Moomintroll Tove Jansson Special Collectors' Edition lovingly restored to its original stunning design - with fold-out map of Moomin Valley.