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Sylvia Plath Autumn Publications

Faber & Faber recently announced a new branding, going officially from Faber and Faber to Faber & Faber. If you collect Sylvia Plath books, this might add a new look to the spines of your collection.

Faber are re-releasing/re-publishing several Sylvia Plath books this fall and in the early part of 2014. Time will tell if the new branding is on any of these titles. But, here is what we can look forward to in the near future.

Published earlier this month was Sylvia Plath: Drawings, with an introduction by Plath's daughter Frieda Hughes. Also published in paperback is the Carol Ann Duffy selection of Sylvia Plath Poems.

Published on 7 November 2013: The Bell Jar, Ariel, and The Journals of Sylvia Plath. For Ariel and The Bell Jar, Faber's gone retro and into their archive, choosing cover designs that match some of the editions published in the 1960s and 1970s. For a (complete?) archive of their covers, please go see the books pages on my website for Sylvia Plath, A celebration, this is. For The Journals, Faber has
moved to a clean, crisp white color with Plathian red font for the title.

Published on 2 January 2014: Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams and The Bell Jar (again!). Anxious to see these covers once they are available.
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  1. Melanie Smith04 October, 2013 07:25

    All ordered

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  3. Peter K Steinberg04 October, 2013 07:56

    Excellent. Happy collecting!

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