We are excited to announce a paperback tie-in edition to accompany the new four-part BBC adaptation of Lord of the Flies, adapted and directed by writer Jack Thorne (Adolescence, His Dark Materials), executive producer Joel Wilson, director Marc Munden and produced by Eleven.
Join us for an online event celebrating the publication of William Golding: The Faber Letters on Weds 12th Nov, 7pm. The conversation, between the book’s editor Professor Tim Kendall and the writer’s daughter, Judy Golding, will feature readings and archival secrets! www.faber.co.uk/product/will...
Cover of William Golding: The Faber Letters.
Published today! William Golding: The Faber Letters, edited by Tim Kendall. What a beautiful edition! @faberbooks.bsky.social
www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
Happy Lord of the Flies Halloween! 🏝️🎃
The Inheritors was published 70 years ago today! Golding wrote the first draft in an astonishing 29 days and it was his favourite of all his books. We'll be celebrating this novel over the coming weeks.
Congratulations to Jack Thorne, co-winner of the #Emmy award for Writing in a Limited Series for his work on Adolescence. Jack is the writer for the forthcoming BBC/Stan adaptation of Lord of the Flies. We can't wait! william-golding.co.uk/lord-of-the-...
William Golding: The Faber Letters reveals the remarkable literary collaboration between a Nobel Prizewinning novelist and his editor of more than forty years.
Edited by Tim Kendall, out in November 2025 and available to pre-order now. www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
William Golding died on this day in 1993, 32 years ago. Read about his immense legacy on literature and popular culture. william-golding.co.uk/william-gold...
Happy Mother's Day! In this article, Judy Golding writes about Golding's mother, Mildre. william-golding.co.uk/william-gold...
'Darkness sits beneath the sea,/The sun is worn, the earth is cold,/ And we are wild with mystery'. William Golding, Song of the Flowers at the Land's End.
For World Poetry Day, some lines from Golding's Song of the Flowers at the Land's End' (1934). #worldpoetryday
Lord of the Flies and Maslow's hierarchy meet on the dance floor-- READ THE PREVIEW
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We are delighted to announce the winners of the schools competition to mark seventy years of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies.
faber.co.uk/journal/faber-and-the-national-literacy-trust-announce-lord-of-the-flies-schools-competition-winners/
Happy Valentine's Day! Here are some romantic quotations from William Golding's novels ❤️ #valentinesday #bookromance
The Paper Men was published on this day 41 years ago! It's a thrilling tale of a chase between a subject and a biographer and one of Golding's funniest novels. william-golding.co.uk/books/the-pa...
On 17 May I will be leading a study day in Oxford on William Golding's fiction. www.ocsg.uk.net/event/the-au...
Judy Golding reading
first page of The Spire
First edition of The Spire
Golding's magnificent 1964 novel The Spire is dedicated to his daughter Judy. Here's Judy reading the first edition at Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury (where Golding taught).
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Fern-leaved beech
Fern-leaved beech
As the UK recovers from the latest round of storms, we look back to Storm Bert's destruction of Golding's favourite tree in his garden in #Cornwall. But, as ever, there is hope. william-golding.co.uk/goldings-fav...
We're so excited to announce our first headliner for this year's LitFest: #AlanHollinghurst @panmacmillan.bsky.social will be our 2025 #GoldingSpeaker With thanks to event sponsor @williamgolding.bsky.social Save the date for our 16th festival: 25-28 September! More info: bit.ly/4g8gW1e #MLF2025
Judy Carver (Golding's daughter) and Prof Tim Kendall @timkendall70.bsky.social discuss William Golding – a 'literary colossus' on the @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social podcast. An excellent listen.
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Ours - a very nice, almost excessively polite man- had to read out the word 'bollocks' in Lord of the Flies and god the anticipation in our wretched infantile adolescent class. And he really went for it, bellowing it out properly so that it silenced any possible sniggering. I admired him deeply.
We have more copies of the stunning Lord of the Flies graphic novel with a #SIGNED print and bookplate @faberbooks.bsky.social
'Aimée de Jongh's stunning reimagining has a visceral impact all its own.' The Times
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Beautiful Lord of the Flies books for Christmas. 🏝️🎄 @faberbooks.bsky.social
'De Jongh... evoke[s] an immediacy that holds true to Golding’s masterpiece while imparting a depth and power all her own.'
Lord of the Flies: The Graphic Novel is one of the Guardian's best YA books of 2024
theguardian.com/books/2024/dec/06/five-of-the-best-young-adult-books-of-2024
Ever since its publication in 1954, Golding’s ‘Lord of the Flies’ has retained a powerful presence in English literature. The inspiration for the troubling events that ensue, Dr Nicola Presley argues here, can be found in Golding's own wartime experiences.👇
www.unseenhistories.com/lord-of-the-...