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In 2016 the times call for something to cut through the noise and offer something to console or add a touch of clarity to our lives – the times call for poetry.

Amidst the pick of the crop for 2016 are some stunningly good new works from familiar voices including performance poet Kate Tempest’s epic narrative poem, Let Them Eat Chaos and Alice Oswald’s lyrical collection Falling Awake as well as brand new anthologies including The Seasons and Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy’s, The Map and the Clock and if what you really need is a little light relief then Michael Palin’s Sackful of Limericks can’t fail to elicit a smile.

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Bestselling Poetry


Seasonal Songs - Christmas Carols and Poetry


Poems of the Present - New Poetry for 2016


Treasure Troves - New and Popular Anthologies and Collections


Have You Got a Biro I Can Borrow? by Clive James

Here is a little poetry for a Tuesday afternoon - from none other than Clive James himself.

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The Poetry Cure - A Poem for Every Mood


The Musical Note - Poetry and Music


From Faber & Faber's archive: Seamus Heaney's acceptance letter from 1965

In an exclusive piece for the Waterstones blog, Hannah Marshall, Faber Members Manager, elucidates the relationship between Faber and Heaney and shares the original letter, sent in 1965, in acceptance of his first volume of poetry, Death of a Naturalist.

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In Our Time - Modern and Contemporary Poets


Written in Stone - Selected Classics and Seminal Translations


The Faber Series - Collectable Editions