Faber appoints Emily MacGregor as classical music editor-at-large

Faber has appointed Dr Emily MacGregor, a musicologist and cultural historian, broadcaster and author, as well as a visiting research fellow at King’s College London, as editor-at-large, classical music.

MacGregor appears regularly on BBC Radio 3 and 4 and has a forthcoming memoir on grief and music, While the Music Lasts: A Memoir of Music, Grief and Joy (September Publishing) publishing this year.

She will join Faber in March and report to publishing director for arts and culture Hannah Knowles. She will be acquiring three to four titles per year on the classical music list and working two days a week. Submissions can be sent to her at emily.macgregor@faber.co.uk. She begins the week of 3rd March.

Knowles said: “Emily is the perfect person to take Faber’s pre-eminent classical music list into the future, following the retirement of Belinda Matthews at the end of 2024. Emily’s musical knowledge, experience and intellectual curiosity and rigour shine through and make her the perfect fit for this role. I know our authors will be in the most capable hands and I’m excited to see how she shapes the list.”

MacGregor said: “I’ve long admired Faber’s distinguished and ambitious classical music list and it’s a privilege to be taking its reins. I’m hugely looking forward to working with Faber’s authors and to shaping a vibrant, modern and intellectually stimulating list for the future.”