tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-303043952012-01-30T01:43:46.193ZAn outlet for news and info on Barnes-related books, online features, audio-visual materials, and other miscellaneous and/or curious items.Ryannoreply@blogger.comBlogger1081100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-66909056483054379502012-01-29T15:59:00.001Z2012-01-29T16:26:26.620Z

The Library Book aids The Reading Agency’s library programmes -- From Alan Bennett's Baffled at a Bookcase, to Lucy Mangan's Library Rules, famous writers tell us all about how libraries are used and why they're important. Tom Holland writes about libraries in the ancient world, while Seth Godin describes what a library will look like in the future. Lionel Shriver thinks books are the best

Ryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-39500458954496305142011-12-20T17:06:00.000Z2011-12-20T17:06:12.920Z

 Julian Barnes explores the house where Sibelius lived, died, wrote much of his music -- and spent decades not writing, or not publishing ... "Where Sibelius Fell Silent." More Intelligent Life January/February 2012. From the Article: "There are two famous silences in the history of classical music: those of Rossini and Sibelius. Rossini’s, which lasted nearly 40 years, was a worldly,

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-83602044803099828982011-10-20T01:56:00.000+01:002011-10-20T01:56:28.368+01:00

Julian Barnes has been named the winner of this year's Man Booker Prize for Fiction for The Sense of an Ending, published by Jonathan Cape, Random House Canada, and Alfred A. Knopf. Barnes has been shortlisted three times previously for Arthur and George (2005), England, England (1998) and Flaubert's Parrot (1984). The story of a man coming to terms with the mutable past, Julian Barnes's The

Ryannoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-17126064322011756092011-07-21T17:12:00.000+01:002011-07-21T17:12:17.042+01:00

The London Review Bookshop is offering a signed, limited first edition of The Sense of an Ending, published in association with Jonathan Cape, comprising 100 copies, 75 of which have been quarter-bound in Tusting Chestnut fine grain leather with Rainforest cloth sides, numbered 1 to 75, and 25 copies fully bound in the same leather, numbered i to xxv. All books have head and tail bands, brushed

Ryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-31632812671771154032011-07-21T17:03:00.000+01:002011-07-21T17:03:19.099+01:00

The Julian Barnes Website is working with Jonathan Cape to offer the chance to win a signed copy of the Cape edition of Julian Barnes's new novel The Sense of an Ending, published August 4th. Please email the correct answer to the question below to contest@julianbarnes.com to be entered into a random drawing for one of the signed copies. We will forward a handful of randomly selected names

Ryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-54146075585061500022011-07-17T17:11:00.000+01:002011-07-17T17:11:52.718+01:00

Julian Barnes writes "A Candid View of Candide" for The Guardian (1 July 2011), in which he pays tribute to Voltaire's Candide. Barnes's essay introduces the new Folio Society edition of the book, available via the Folio Society Website. From the Essay: All this makes Voltaire's Candide even more of an extraordinary case. It was written between July and December 1758 and published

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-51837448976659664902011-07-17T16:57:00.000+01:002011-07-17T16:57:03.247+01:00

The Telegraph has published an extract from Julian Barnes's soon to be published novel The Sense of an Ending. The Sense of an Ending, the disturbing new novel from Julian Barnes, is narrated by a man looking back on a lifetime of hope and remorse. In this exclusive extract, he grapples with his memories of a former friend -- a charismatic figure who enters his life as a prodigious schoolboy and

Ryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-50702614963019007232011-06-28T15:57:00.000+01:002011-06-28T15:57:25.726+01:00

Julian Barnes's new short story "Homage to Hemingway" is published in the July 4, 2011 issue of The New Yorker (pp. 60-65). Online subscribers have access to the story through the New Yorker digital archive or via their iPads.

Ryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-91917303949895675802011-06-28T15:55:00.000+01:002011-06-28T15:55:32.549+01:00

Julian Barnes reviews Nature Stories by Jules Renard for the London Review of Books 33.13 (30 June 2011): 23-24. From the Review: I own two photographs of Jules Renard (1864-1910). There is no indication of when either of them was taken, and at times I have wondered if they are really of the same man. In the first, from a series called ‘Nos contemporains chez eux’, he sits at a cluttered desk;

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-30361634761788796872011-06-28T15:49:00.001+01:002011-06-28T15:51:37.165+01:00

Two new books about the works of Julian Barnes were recently published. Both treatments add to the growing scholarly treatment of Barnes's work. Table of contents can be viewed on the Julian Barnes Website. Sebastian Groes & Peter Childs, Eds.Julian Barnes (Contemporary Critical Perspectives)Continuum, 2011. Pp. 192 From the Publisher: Julian Barnes is one of the most admired British writers of

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-83251607108399571032011-03-18T02:41:00.000Z2011-03-18T02:41:02.367Z

The David Cohen Prize for Literature 2011 has been awarded to the English novelist, essayist and short story writer Julian Barnes for his lifetime’s achievement in literature. Visit the award website for more information and visit the Front Row website to listen to an interview with Julian Barnes and Mark Lawson. Julian Barnes is one of England’s foremost fiction writers. Shortlisted on three

Ryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-64764756236941542011-02-09T16:16:00.000Z2011-02-09T16:16:27.167Z

Julian Barnes reads 'The Revival' for the Vintage Podcast 5. In the Vintage New Year Podcast they’ve turned the spotlight on their editors and asked them to give us a sneak preview of the books we can look forward to in 2011. Alex Clark talks to Brighton Rock director Rowan Joffe, Susan Hill reads from A Kind Man, Anthony Quinn talks about his new novel Half of the Human Race, Julian Barnes

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-56701942872803394462010-12-30T14:32:00.003Z2010-12-30T14:38:55.570Z

" 'Under the briskness, he was a softie'." Observer, 26 December 2010 [A tribute to Anthony Howard, Julian's editor at the New Statesman]. From the piece:My job interview with Anthony Howard at the New Statesman in 1977 did not go as expected. I was summoned to his office prepared for interrogation on my literary and editorial skills, not to mention my political tendencies. The job as

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-50436346344808169812010-12-18T18:01:00.000Z2010-12-18T18:01:24.396Z

Julian Barnes Homage to Switzerland, by Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) 'I chose Ernest Hemingway because he is deeply out of fashion, still over-admired by the literary boys-with-toys brigade, still shunned by women readers put off by the macho myth. His style is wrongly thought to be both simple and imitable; it is neither. His novels are better known than his stories, but it is in the latter

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-77396061309490663072010-03-04T04:32:00.000Z2010-03-04T04:32:59.868Z

An excerpt from Julian Barnes's novel Flaubert's Parrot makes an appearance in Birds of Prey: Seven Sardonic Stories, published by Rare Books and Berry in April 2010. Other writers in the collection include Salman Rushdie, Edgar Allan Poe, and Daphne du Maurier. From the Publisher: Birds of Prey is an extraordinary anthology that has brought together authors from the past and the present; from

Ryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-60639814623501552572010-02-21T17:42:00.001Z2010-02-21T17:42:34.389Z

Become of fan of the Julian Barnes Website on Facebook by visiting our page at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Julian-Barnes-Website/307118768275.

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-9241689813826485592010-01-23T07:54:00.000Z2010-01-23T07:54:06.665Z

Julian Barnes's new short story "Harmony" was published in Granta 109: Work.You may order a copy of the issue online at the Granta website or on Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk. And on the first anniversary of John Updike's death, Barnes publishes "Sleeping with John Updike" in The Guardian, 23 January 2010.

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-56381275825233015442010-01-08T03:01:00.001Z2010-01-08T03:02:07.185Z

Try your hand at a Julian Barnes themed crossword at the Guardian. Click the image to the right to visit the Guardian website. You can try the crossword online or print it out in PDF format to take with you. Good luck!

Ryannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-74453084936603622292010-01-05T14:16:00.003Z2010-01-05T14:17:51.293Z

The Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company and Nottingham Playhouse present Arthur & George Adapted for the stage by David Edgar Based on the novel by Julian Barnes Fri., 19 Mar 2010 – Sat., 10 Apr 2010. Birmingham solicitor George Edalji has been convicted of a terrible crime and is desperate to prove his innocence. After his release from prison he recruits the help of none other than expert

Ryannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-8356126421211365482009-11-28T19:43:00.000Z2009-11-28T19:43:29.472Z

Julian Barnes contributes his books of the year for The Guardian and the Times Literary Supplement. His selections include Laura Cumming's A Face to the World (HarperPress), Adam Foulds's The Quickening Maze (Cape), and several titles by John Updike.

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-62251342664062678012009-11-09T18:39:00.000Z2009-11-09T18:39:27.428Z

Julian Barnes reviews Guy de Maupassant's Afloat (ranslated by Douglas Parméen) and Alien Hearts (translated by Richard Howard), both published by NYRB. "On We Sail" London Review of Books, 31.21, 5 November 2009: 25-28. Excerpt: One of the great examples of literary advice-giving took place in the summer of 1878. Guy de Maupassant was on the verge of becoming famous. As Flaubert’s literary

Ryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-12321922493115772802009-11-09T18:29:00.000Z2009-11-09T18:29:35.232Z

Julian Barnes's new short story "Complicity" was published in the 19 October 2009 issue of The New Yorker. Excerpt: The first time I met her was at a party of Ben’s; she had brought her mother. Have you watched mothers and daughters at parties together, and tried to work out who is taking care of whom? The daughter giving Mum a bit of an outing, Mum watching for the sort of men her daughter

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-23168164117505980472009-11-09T18:17:00.001Z2009-11-09T18:30:06.359Z

Julian Barnes takes a fresh look at John Updike's Rabbit Quartet and finds he still thinks it is the greatest postwar American fiction. "Running Away" The Guardian, 17 October 2009. Excerpt: "When a writer you admire dies, rereading seems a normal courtesy and tribute. Occasionally, it may be prudent to resist going back: when Lawrence Durrell died, I preferred to remain with 40-year-old

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-67374270632569248142009-07-03T07:32:00.005+01:002009-11-09T18:30:44.939Z

Julian Barnes's Nothing to be Frightened of is, among many things, a family memoir, an exchange with his brother (a philosopher), a meditation on morality and the fear of death, a celebration of art, an argument with and about God, and homage to the French writer Jules Renard. Though he warns us that 'this is not my autobiography', the result is a tour of the mind of one of our most brilliant

Ryannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-38617829859172185662009-07-03T06:35:00.003+01:002009-11-09T18:31:22.524Z

The most generous one-volume collection ever published of short stories, autobiographical writings, poetry, and essays by the writer Yeats called "Ireland's Chekhov." Selected and arranged thematically by Julian Barnes, the rich mix of writings in The Best of Frank O'Connor starts off with his most famous short story, "Guests of the Nation," set during the Irish War of Independence; chronicles

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-46393630305913753112009-06-01T16:29:00.005+01:002009-11-09T18:34:10.137Z

Julian Barnes writes about John Updike's final works in "Flights" for The New York Review of Books, 11 June 2009. From the Essay: Hearing of John Updike's death in January of this year, I had two immediate, ordinary reactions. The first was a protest—"But I thought we had him for another ten years"; the second, a feeling of disappointment that Stockholm had never given him the nod. The latter

Ryannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-66742730905731983412009-06-01T16:20:00.005+01:002009-11-09T18:32:14.714Z

Julian Barnes and Jay McInerney have been friends for many years (close readers of Barnes's work may have noted that Letters from London is dedicated to McInerney). In 2001 the two authors sat down together to discuss Barnes's work. It's a lively conversation, and a recording is available online at the New York Times website. Jay McInerney's latest collection of short stories has been published

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-64157487763117917982009-05-13T05:24:00.005+01:002009-11-09T18:32:28.576Z

Ian Hamilton: Collected Poems Edited with an introduction by Alan Jenkins (Faber and Faber, 2009) Julian Barnes writes about his relationship with Ian Hamilton in Another Rounds at the Pillars, and the text of Barnes's essay is available online at the Ian Hamilton Website. Synopsis from the Publisher: "A professional man of letters -- critic, editor, biographer -- though never a professional

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-452153431935162882009-03-22T18:23:00.003Z2009-11-09T18:32:41.049Z

In February 2009, Mecure de France published the French translation of Julian Barnes's Nothing to be Frightened of (translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin). To order, please visit the Mercure de France website or Amazon.fr. Barnes scholar Vanessa Guignery (co-editor with Ryan Roberts of Conversations with Julian Barnes and author of The Fiction of Julian Barnes: A Reader's Guide to Essential

Ryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-5103599279490647552009-03-22T18:16:00.004Z2009-11-09T18:33:09.622Z

'I don't believe in God, but I miss him.' Julian Barnes' Nothing To Be Frightened Of is, among many things, a family memoir, an exchange with his brother (a philosopher), a meditation on mortality and the fear of death, a celebration of art, an argument with and about God, and a homage to the French writer Jules Renard. Though he warns us that 'this is not my autobiography', the result is like a

Ryannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-83648781455383986062009-03-22T18:12:00.003Z2009-11-09T18:33:38.319Z

Julian Barnes has provided a new preface to Arthur Hugh Clough's Amours de Voyage, published by Persephone Books Ltd. From the Publisher: Persephone prints mainly neglected fiction and non-fiction. The books are guaranteed to be readable, thought-provoking and impossible to forget. Titles include novels, short stories, diaries and cookery books. They are all carefully designed with a clear

Ryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-85596375726116314462009-02-21T01:50:00.003Z2009-11-09T18:33:55.488Z

"Such, Such Was Eric Blair." New York Review of Books, 56.4 (12 March 2009) [Essay on three George Orwell books: Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays, compiled and with an introduction by George Packer; All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays, compiled by George Packer, with an introduction by Keith Gessen; and Why I Write.] From the Essay: "Orwell used "sophisticated" and "intellectual"

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-18322971846562636692009-01-28T02:37:00.002Z2009-11-09T18:34:28.137Z

Julian Barnes writes about reading the Rabbit Tetralogy during a three-week book tour in America. Read the full post on The New Yorker website's "Remembering John Updike". Excerpt: "Like many others, I've regularly taken Ruskin's The Stones of Venice with me to Venice, and regularly failed to read a word of it there. That reader's hoped-for matching of text to place frequently disappoints. But

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-22105053940322601222009-01-26T20:54:00.007Z2009-11-09T18:34:42.314Z

The University Press of Mississippi has announced the upcoming publication of Conversations with Julian Barnes edited by Vanessa Guignery and Ryan Roberts. Publication is scheduled for April 2009, and you may pre-order a copy at the University Press of Mississippi website or online via Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, or a variety of Independent Booksellers. About the Book: Conversations with Julian

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-44907137709496683272008-10-13T07:11:00.002+01:002008-10-13T07:15:06.681+01:00

Forty-two leading writers will join Liberty in opposing Government plans to hold suspects for 42 days without charge. '42 Writers for Liberty' will showcase new works by leading writers including Philip Pullman, Monica Ali, Julian Barnes, Mohsin Hamid, Ian Rankin, Sadie Jones, Ali Smith and A.L. Kennedy.'42 Writers for Liberty' will be launched at www.42writers.com at noon on Sunday, 12 October

Ryannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-23151084432965468932008-10-13T07:09:00.002+01:002008-10-13T07:11:42.613+01:00

The French paperback edition by Éditions Gallimard (folio) is published on 2 October 2008.From the Publisher: "Extraordinaire tableau de la société victorienne, ce roman, inspiré d'un fait réel qui avait divisé l'Angleterre comme en France l'affaire Dreyfus, est aussi le plus passionnant et le plus haletant des thrillers."Visit the Publisher's Website: http://www.gallimard.fr/

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-6258714008073301682008-09-03T15:46:00.003+01:002008-09-03T15:49:31.187+01:00

‘I don’t believe in God, but I miss him.’ Julian Barnes’ new book is, among many things, a family memoir, an exchange with his brother (a philosopher), a meditation on mortality and the fear of death, a celebration of art, an argument with and about God, and a homage to the French writer Jules Renard. Though he warns us that ‘this is not my autobiography’, the result is like a tour of the mind of

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-18902488940016385642008-09-03T15:44:00.002+01:002008-09-03T15:46:23.218+01:00

Read Julian Barnes's new short story in The Guardian -- "60/40," 2 August 2008: 22.Beginning of the Story:"It was the week Hillary Clinton finally conceded. The table was a clutter of bottles and glasses; and though hunger had been satisfied, some mild social addiction kept making hands reach out to snaffle another grape, crumble a landslip from the cliff face of cheese or pick a chocolate from

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-62701909880753770092008-09-03T15:41:00.002+01:002008-09-03T15:44:10.292+01:00

Julian Barnes writes about Penelope Fitzgerald for The Guardian -- "How did she do it?" 26 July 2008: 2.From the Article:"About 10 years ago I appeared on a panel at York University with Penelope Fitzgerald. I knew her slightly, and admired her greatly. Her manner was shy and rather distrait, as if the last thing she wanted was to be taken for what she then was: the best living English novelist.

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-15250989798931463382008-09-03T15:37:00.001+01:002008-09-03T15:41:02.078+01:00

Scarlett Baron (DPhil student in English literature at Christ Church, Oxford) recently interviewed Julian Barnes for The Oxonian Review of Books.Published under the title 'Nothing to be Frightened of: An Interview with Julian Barnes', you may read the review on The Oxonian Review of Books website [vol. 7, issue 3, Summer 2008].

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-33380327266791695872008-07-01T03:52:00.001+01:002008-07-01T03:54:41.449+01:00

From Xesús Fraga, Barnes's Galician translator:Julian Barnes has been awarded the Arcebispo San Clemente literary prize in the category of foreign fiction for Arthur & George. The prize is given by a jury formed by students from five secondary schools of Galicia, in the Northwest of Spain, who choose the best novel they've read in the last year in three categories: written in Galician, in Spanish

Ryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-75318462184299928582008-06-08T07:23:00.002+01:002008-06-08T07:26:38.098+01:00

The Folio Society has published Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier with an introduction by Julian Barnes.The introduction was also published as "The Saddest Story” in the 7 June 2008 issue of The Guardian.From the introduction:"This is the saddest story I have ever heard." What could be more simple and declaratory, a statement of such high plangency and enormous claim that the reader assumes it

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-82153987709905421062008-05-26T07:06:00.003+01:002008-05-26T07:09:06.796+01:00

Julian Barnes discusses what he is currently reading as part of an article associated with this year's Hay Festival. Of particular note is The Collected Stories by Lorrie Moore, published by Faber and Faber this month. Barnes interviewed Moore as one of the festival's events this year.To read Barnes's contribution, visit the Guardian website for 25 May: http://books.guardian.co.uk/You may

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-44038088640288103512008-05-26T07:01:00.002+01:002008-05-26T07:04:53.014+01:00

Julian Barnes has published a new short story in the May 19, 2008, issue of The New Yorker.Read the story, titled "East Wind" on their website, or pick up an issue at your local bookseller or newstand.At The New Yorker website, you can also read other works written by Barnes, including:"Trespass" [Fiction]"The Past Conditional" [Excerpt from Nothing to be Frightened of]

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-82499563641048916132008-05-26T07:00:00.000+01:002008-05-26T07:01:18.966+01:00

"Back -- due to popular demand" Guardian Review, 3 May 2008 [Writers discuss which books they would consider ordering through the "on demand" service offered by Faber and Faber called Faber Finds].Julian Barnes chooses two works by Alethea Hayter (1911-2006): A Sultry Month (1965), which he describes as, "a brilliant recreation of a few weeks in London literary life in 1846, which is highly

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-91251060745652756292008-03-17T02:44:00.003Z2008-05-26T07:05:58.497+01:00

Julian Barnes writes the foreword to Coffee with Aristotle, a new book by Jonathan Barnes, the noted Aristotle scholar ... and Julian's brother.Book Description:Not many people can claim to have invented a new science, but Aristotle invented two: zoology and logic. More than two millennia after his death, Aristotle’s thought still influences us. Here, over coffee (a drink Aristotle never tasted),

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-46895172897621334252008-03-05T06:20:00.006Z2008-03-05T06:25:59.795Z

Granta 100 features a short story by Julian Barnes titled 'Marriage Lines'. The issue also includes contributions by James Fenton, Ian McEwan, Craig Raine, Alan Hollinghurst, Salman Rushdie, Helen Simpson, and many more.For more information, please visit the Granta website. The issue is also available to be purchased online via Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, or one of a number of local

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-8705534231045002132008-03-05T05:33:00.003Z2008-03-05T05:37:08.991Z

Julian Barnes was in conversation with Gonzalo Garces during his recent visit to Chile (22 January 2008). This promotional poster was used in advance of the event. Click to enlarge ...

Ryannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-41974464833691325472008-03-01T04:35:00.004Z2008-03-01T04:40:52.086Z

The London Review Bookshop is delighted to announce its latest title in the London Review Bookshop Limited Editions series, Julian Barnes's Nothing to Be Frightened of.The edition, signed by the author before publication (6 March), comprises 125 copies, of which 100 have been quarter-bound in Harmatan fine-grain leather (Crimson 21) with patterned boards by Enid Marx (courtesy of the Judd Street

Ryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-30807551041900904532008-03-01T04:20:00.003Z2008-03-01T04:25:03.892Z

'What they would have wanted.' The Guardian, 23 February 2008. When Julian Barnes buried his mother, he thought it would be less upsetting than losing his father. But it was not - her death was their death. In an exclusive extract from his new book, the author reflects on memory, mortality and final goodbyes. Order a copy of Nothing to Be Frightened of online via Random House, Amazon.co.uk or one

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-16788147550604104012008-03-01T04:15:00.004Z2008-03-05T05:33:40.311Z

Julian Barnes visited South America in January and February as part of a trip sponsored by the British Council. Articles about his visit will be posted shortly. In the meantime, try 'Julian Barnes, el inglés que hizo reír a Buenos Aires [Julian Barnes: The Englishman Who Made Buenos Aires Laugh].' Clarin.com, 8 Feb. 2008.The plaque below was placed across from a similar plaque honoring Borges,

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-3271446609873924412008-02-19T00:35:00.001Z2008-02-19T00:39:52.363Z

A new theatre adaptation of Julian Barnes's novel Talking It Over opened in Chicago on 1 February 2008 at the Lifeline Theatre.Performances are scheduled through 23 March 2008, and tickets and dates for the performances can be found at the theater website: www.lifelinetheatre.com"The three principal actors are impeccable in every way, but so is the supporting cast -- the delicious Ann Wakefield

Ryannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-61180626024665697052007-11-19T06:23:00.000Z2007-11-19T06:24:03.347Z

A new theatre adaptation of Julian Barnes's novel Talking It Over will open in Slovenia on 23 November 2007. Directed by Boris Cavazza, the production is being undertaken by the Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana.For more information, please visit the theatre website

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-32452297009446420642007-11-19T06:15:00.000Z2007-11-19T06:18:32.867Z

"Better with their clothes on." The Guardian, 3 November 2007 [On Swiss artist Félix Vallotton]; Also published in Die Weltwoche, n. 42, 18 October 2007: 52-57.From the Essay:"When I was teaching [at Johns Hopkins University] a dozen years ago, I used to call in at the [Baltimore Museum of Art] between classes. At first, Matisse and the other big names occupied me, but over the weeks the picture

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-71534299205883999282007-11-14T06:20:00.000Z2007-11-14T06:24:07.480Z

‘I don’t believe in God, but I miss him.’ Julian Barnes’ new book is, among many things, a family memoir, an exchange with his brother (a philosopher), a meditation on mortality and the fear of death, a celebration of art, an argument with and about God, and a homage to the French writer Jules Renard. Though he warns us that ‘this is not my autobiography’, the result is like a tour of the mind of

Ryannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-89705584305576807152007-10-09T13:31:00.001+01:002008-03-01T01:24:52.243Z

A new story by Julian Barnes will be one of five featured stories on the BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Reading the week of October 16-20. The plot of "Marriage Lines" is described on the BBC website: "A return visit to the island of Barra brings back memories of decades past, holidays and young love. "Visit the BBC Radio 4 Website for more information or to listen to the Afternoon Reading.From the BBC

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-35597301473991298622007-10-09T13:09:00.001+01:002008-03-01T01:24:32.793Z

Julian Barnes's A History of the World in 10½ Chapters is now available in an unabridged audiobook from NAXOS Audiobooks. When you order through NAXOSDirect, use the coupon code JulianBarnes to receive free freight from now until the end of December 2007.Excerpt from the Disc Jacket:"A History of the World in 10½ Chapters tells a series of apparently unconnected stories ranging from a woodworm’

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-5665391489718129072007-10-03T07:30:00.000+01:002007-10-03T07:33:20.090+01:00

Julian Barnes discusses Philip Roth's novel The Counterlife with John Freeman for Critical Mass, the blog of the National Book Critics Circle Board of Directors (September 25, 2007).Read the interview.Excerpt from the Interview:Q: Does this book speak to you about your own work? I feel of all your books, A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters is most similar to it. Did The Counterlife

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-81858540161072012862007-09-28T03:35:00.001+01:002008-03-01T01:23:51.678Z

Julian Barnes writes about Félix Fénéon for the London Review of Books: Behind the Gas Lamp", 4 October 2007 [Novels in Three Lines by Félix Fénéon, translated by Luc Sante].Excerpt from the Essay:"In literary and artistic history he comes down to us in shards, kaleidoscopically. Luc Sante, in his introduction to Novels in Three Lines, describes him well as being ‘invisibly famous’ – and he was

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-61016120463637479572007-09-28T03:32:00.001+01:002008-03-01T01:23:33.704Z

In September 2007, Edições ASA published Julian Barnes's Arthur & George. Translated by Vozes do Mundo, Arthur & George is one of numerous Barnes books translated into Portuguese.For more information or to order, please visit the Edições ASA website.

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-71390928067397033812007-07-10T06:05:00.001+01:002008-03-01T01:23:09.703Z

In The Anthology of New Writing (Volume 15), Julian Barnes writes about using real characters in his novel Arthur & George.Excerpt from the Essay:"Novelists vary in how much, and how soon, they need to 'see' their characters. Some work 'outside in', unable to begin without a full physical presence; others (like me) tend to work 'inside out', starting from functional or moral significance. In the

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-34333049913582507412007-07-07T06:24:00.001+01:002008-03-01T01:22:40.185Z

Julian Barnes writes on Prosper Mérimée for The Guardian, 7 July 2006. The Man Who Made France Old, two programmes about Prosper Mérimée presented by Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee, will be broadcast on Radio 4, July 12 and July 19 (11.30am -- 12.00pm).Excerpt from the Essay:"When we toured the chateaux of the Loire, I couldn't help noticing that many of these great palaces seemed remarkably

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-23632020587005452682007-06-28T17:19:00.001+01:002008-03-01T01:21:59.147Z

Julian Barnes is published in Dutch by Atlas. Their website provides additional information and a link to an online book seller for purchasing. Both Arthur & George and De citroentafel have been receiving wonderful reviews:Source: NRC Handelsblad'Arthur & George is een imponerende historische roman […] gebalanceerd, goed opgebouwd en er ligt grondige research aan ten grondslag.''Arthur & George

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-53228821664093302772007-06-25T08:15:00.001+01:002008-03-01T01:21:42.772Z

Julian Barnes was one of several writers asked by The Guardian to write about on the best books to travel with. His response was published in The Guardian on 23 June 2007:"Like many others, I've taken Ruskin's The Stones of Venice with me to Venice, and failed to read a word of it there (relying on JG Links's Venice for Pleasure instead). That hoped-for matching of text to place frequently

Ryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-87901852621367518122007-05-22T17:09:00.000+01:002007-06-25T08:28:56.117+01:00

Julian Barnes has received the Prix Arsène Lupin for his novel Arthur & George.The prize is given for the best detective novel of the year. Arthur & George was selected after two ballots by a jury of ten members chaired by the historian Jean Tulard. The jury unanimously decided to award the prize to Barnes.Julian Barnes's work is published in France by Mercure de France, Denoël, Stock (all

Ryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-48243108766165799992007-04-07T14:27:00.000+01:002007-04-07T14:30:39.217+01:00

Julian Barnes has been shortlisted for the 2007 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Other finalists include Salman Rushdie, Cormac McCarthy, Jonathan Safran Foer, J. M. Coetzee, Per Petterson, Peter Hobbs, and Sebastian Barry.Details of the short listed titles of the 2007 award were announced in the Mansion House by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Vincent Jackson, Patron of the Award

Ryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-91936788742033500042007-02-28T07:07:00.002Z2008-03-01T01:21:01.193Z

In 2006, Editorial Anagrama published Julian Barnes's Arthur & George. Translated by Jaime Zulaika, Arthur & George is one of numerous Barnes books translated into Spanish.For more information or to order, please visit the Editorial Anagrama website.Arthur & George. Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 2007. Pp. 528. Translated by Jaime Zulaika.

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-27732197171857922902007-02-16T06:37:00.001Z2008-03-01T01:20:44.173Z

In 2006, Rinoceronte Editora published Julian Barnes's Arthur & George. Translated by Xesús Fraga, Arthur e George is the first of Barnes's novels translated into Galician.For more information or to order, please visit the Rinoceronte Editora website.Xesús Fraga interviewed Barnes for the Rinoceronte website. Read the interview online: "A entrevista a Julian Barnes: o documento completo"

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-59601918049486518492007-02-15T18:36:00.000Z2007-02-28T07:12:23.596Z

The Independent recently ran an article updating the situation regarding the attempted preservation of Undershaw, where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created his most famous work, The Hound of the Baskervilles.Barnes is quoted in the article several times. Here's an excerpt:"Barnes, whose own Booker-shortlisted novel Arthur & George features the home extensively, has criticised Ms Jowell for the "

Ryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-35225314032182665092007-01-24T15:58:00.001Z2008-03-01T01:20:13.727Z

Arthur & George. Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2007. Pp. 528. Translated by Gertraude Krueger.German Reading Tour17 March: Cologne Lit.Cologne18 March: Hamburg Literaturhaus19 March: Hannover Literarischer Salon20 March: Vienna Hauptbibliothek21 March: Stuttgart Literaturhaus22 March: Leipzig Bibliotheca Albertina

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1169084546789450132007-01-18T01:33:00.001Z2008-03-01T01:19:52.405Z

6 April 2007 is set as the opening night for the Dutch theatrical adaptation of Barnes's novel A History of the World in 10½ Chapters by Guy Cassiers. The play is being staged at Toneelhuis in Antwerp and is currently scheduled to run through 19 April.Visit the Toneelhuis website for additional information or to order tickets online at www.toneelhuis.be

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1169083857152043212007-01-18T01:23:00.001Z2008-03-01T01:19:05.480Z

On 10 January 2007, Mecure de France published the French translation of Julian Barnes's Arthur & George (translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin). To order, please visit the Mercure de France website or Amazon.fr.To promote the translation Julian Barnes will be appearing on several French radio and television programs. Barnes scholar Vanessa Guignery (author of the recently published The Fiction of

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1166725229650494292006-12-21T18:16:00.002Z2008-03-01T01:17:33.360Z

Julian Barnes. "The Past Conditional."The New Yorker, 25 December 2006 -- 1 January 2007: 56+ [Barnes writes about family, death, and religion]. From the article:"I don’t believe in God, but I miss Him. That’s what I say when the question is put. I once asked my brother, who has taught philosophy at Oxford, Geneva, and the Sorbonne, what he thought of such a statement, without revealing that it

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1166724934425806142006-12-21T17:54:00.001Z2008-03-01T01:16:49.593Z

Julian Barnes (contributes). "Bedside Reading."The New Yorker, 25 December 2006 -- 1 January 2007. From the article:"The two best books I read in 2006 were Suite Française, by Irène Némirovsky (Chatto / Knopf), and Fouché, by Stefan Zweig. Suite Française is not just a searing act of reportage and verisimilitude (the period being the fall of France in 1940 and the immediate aftermath); it also

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1166723276820943452006-12-21T17:44:00.001Z2008-03-01T01:15:41.120Z

Julian Barnes (contributes). "Take a Leaf Out of Their Books."The Guardian, 25 November 2006. From the article:"A minimum (if rarely achieved) requirement for any novel is to make the reader think, yes, of course, it is/must have been exactly like that. Irène Némirovsky's evocation of the chaos after the fall of France in 1940, Suite Française (Chatto / Knopf), is far more than that: the work of

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1164440433206580182006-11-25T07:36:00.001Z2008-03-01T01:14:08.729Z

Julian Barnes. "Blood and Nerves." The Guardian, 25 November 2006.From the article:"Zola, as if deliberately marking the difference between genres, takes his three-act novel and turns it into a four-act play. The essential action and the central characters are retained, but he is clear-sighted to the point of ruthlessness -- a rare quality in writers adapting their own stuff -- about what won't

Ryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1161063092000257812006-10-17T06:28:00.001+01:002008-03-01T01:12:24.236Z

Julian Barnes, Nick Laird, Hermione Lee,Andrew Motion, Helen Simpson and Zadie Smithwill be reading from literature that has inspired themover the years at this popular charity event.Wednesday, 1st November 2006doors open at 6.30pmCamden Centre, Bidborough St, London WC1Tickets: £17 & £25including free wine reception & opportunity to meet the authorsTelephone: 020 7697 7755Email: events@

Ryannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1158816713940071562006-09-21T06:27:00.000+01:002006-09-25T06:18:56.190+01:00

BBC Radio Four: The Afternoon ReadingFriday, 22 September3.30pm -- 3.45pmTo mark the 150 year anniversary of the publication of Madame Bovary in 1856, five specially commissioned monologues by different writers give a contemporary twist to the themes and passions of Flaubert’s classic novel. The RebukeWritten by Julian Barnes; Performed by Pat KavanaghEmma takes Flaubert to task over his

Ryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1157524273495073382006-09-06T07:16:00.000+01:002006-09-11T03:29:57.823+01:00

Vintage announces the U.K. release of Arthur & George in paperback (September 2006). Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Arthur & George is the story of two men who grow up worlds and miles apart in late 19th century Britain: Arthur in shabby-genteel Catholic Edinburgh, George in the vicarage of a small Staffordshire village. Arthur is to become one of the most famous men of his age, George a

Ryannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1157084590026103592006-09-01T05:15:00.000+01:002006-09-01T19:40:04.770+01:00

BBC Audiobooks America has released an unabridged recording of Arthur & George. Read by Nigel Anthony on CD or cassette, the recording runs 17 hours and 17 minutes.Copies of the unabridged audiobook can be ordered online through Amazon.com, or through other fine booksellers.An abridged version read by Nigel Anthony is also available. Published by BBC Audiobooks, the recording runs 5 hours. It's

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1156919013413696332006-08-30T07:20:00.000+01:002006-09-08T05:34:19.166+01:00

Housed at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, the Julian Barnes Archive spans the author's career from his first published fiction "A Self-Possessed Woman" (1975) to Love, etc. published in 2000. Additional papers will find their way to the archive in due course.Scholars will be interested to learn that the Harry Ransom Center sponsors fellowships to

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1156907085981109382006-08-30T04:01:00.000+01:002006-08-30T04:06:13.330+01:00

Julian Barnes writes to save Conan Doyle's House in 'Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Property Developers', The Guardian, 8 July 2006.Millionaire Sherlockians should contact the Victorian Society: http://www.victoriansociety.org.uk/Those wishing to urge on Waverley borough council when it considers the listed building application should write to Mrs Wright, Planning Department, The Burys,

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1156906393152996502006-08-30T03:51:00.000+01:002006-08-30T03:56:22.106+01:00

A house in London (Camden) where the French poets Rimbaud and Verlaine lived after they fled Paris in the 1870s is up for sale, and Julian Barnes and a number of literary figures are trying to save it.Barnes spoke about the rescue efforts on BBC Radio 4.Listen to the program at the Radio 4 Today website (for a limited time).View photos of the house by Isabelle Bocon-Gibod.The contact for the

Ryannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1156906238921020902006-08-30T03:49:00.000+01:002006-08-30T03:50:38.940+01:00

Slate's editor Jacob Weisberg visits Julian Barnes to discuss book collecting. "When I reach Julian Barnes on the phone to tell him that I'm interested in talking about his book collection, the first words out of his mouth are that he's an 'ex-collector.'"Read the full article at Slate.com.

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1156896423740423282006-08-30T01:02:00.000+01:002006-08-30T01:07:03.740+01:00

Vanessa GuigneryThe Fiction of Julian Barnes: A Reader's Guide to Essential CriticismPalgrave Macmillan, 2006. Pp. 240Vanessa Guignery has written extensively about Julian Barnes, including her most recent book, The Fiction Of Julian Barnes: A Reader's Guide to Essential Criticism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006). Her insightful and scholarly critiques of Barnes's works are complemented by accessible

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1156895791773233132006-08-30T00:54:00.000+01:002006-08-30T00:56:31.786+01:00

Matthew PatemanJulian Barnes (Writers and Their Work Series)Northcote House, 2002. 106 p.ISBN 0-7463-0978-3Pateman has previously explored Julian Barnes's works (see below), and this volume stands as the culmination of his insightful reflections on Barnes's ouevre. Pateman's analysis covers the full range of Barnes's work, beginning with Metroland through Love, etc. In addition to Pateman's

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1156799259818287492006-08-28T22:05:00.000+01:002006-08-28T22:07:39.820+01:00

TLS Short StoriesEdited by Lindsay DuguidThe Times Literary Supplement, 2003. 171 p.ISBN 1-841221-62-7. (Available only to new subscribers)In September 1998, Julian Barnes published a short story titled "Vigilance" in the Times Literary Supplement. Set in a concert hall, Barnes's protagonist discusses his displeasure with the audience's behavior and outlines strict methods for dealing with errant

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1156798598217280422006-08-28T21:54:00.000+01:002006-08-28T21:56:38.220+01:00

Marie Arana, ed.The Writing Life: Writers on How They Think and WorkPublicAffairs, 2003. 404 p.ISBN 1-58648-149-5 ($16.00) One topic of which writers seldom weary is writing. The hows, the whys, the inspirations and the obstacles -- all combine to shape a writer's stories and, often, career. The pieces gathered by Marie Arana, editor in chief of The Washington Post Book World, reflect the

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1156798472718982792006-08-28T21:51:00.000+01:002006-08-28T21:57:32.630+01:00

Bruce SestoLanguage, History, and Metanarrative in the Fiction of Julian BarnesStudies in Twentieth-Century British Literature, Vol. 3Peter Lang, 2001. 136 p.ISBN 0-8204-44677. ($45.95)I first read Bruce Sesto's book on Julian Barnes when it was titled The Fictional World of Julian Barnes. Submitted as his dissertation to the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1995, Sesto's study of

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1156797967957350372006-08-28T21:44:00.000+01:002006-08-28T21:46:07.960+01:00

Benoît Heimermannfoot: les 100 photosEPA-Hachette Livre, 2002ISBN 285-120581-1. (€37.90) Julian Barnes is an avid sports enthusiast. He has written about sports of endurance (cycling), accuracy (snooker/golf), and mental fortitude (chess), all with equal interest and respect. Not suprisingly, football, the sport of choice in Barnes's writing, combines all of these characteristics with the

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1156797865457481122006-08-28T21:35:00.000+01:002006-08-28T21:44:25.506+01:00

Flaubert’s Parrot forms part of the syllabus for the agrégation competitive examination in France in 2001/2002, an examination for students who want to become teachers in secondary schools or university. In previous years, The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi, A Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro were part of the syllabus and the Sorbonne research

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1156797259301415842006-08-28T21:29:00.000+01:002006-08-28T21:35:00.766+01:00

Julian BarnesSomething to DeclareLondon: Jonathan Cape, 2002. (318 p.)ISBN 0-330-48916-X. (£8.99)The great poet and literary critic Ian Hamilton died of cancer on December 27, 2001. In addition to his poetry, biographies, and essays, Hamilton’s literary legacy includes the editorship of two of the most influential journals of the 1960s and 1970s: The Review and The New Review. Under Hamilton’s

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1156796923018781512006-08-28T21:23:00.000+01:002006-08-28T21:28:43.040+01:00

Vanessa GuigneryJulian Barnes. L’art du mélange.Bordeaux: Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, 2001. (136 p.)ISBN 2-86781-281-X. (12€)Vanessa GuigneryFlaubert’s Parrot de Julian Barnes.Paris: Nathan université/Armand Colin, 2001. (140 p.)ISBN 2-200-26198-5. (15€)Julian Barnes. L’art du mélange (2001) by Vanessa Guignery is the second volume of the new collection Couleurs anglaises directed by

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1156796620744852352006-08-28T21:22:00.000+01:002006-08-28T21:23:40.746+01:00

Julian BarnesMetroland (Read by Greg Wise)London: Chivers Audio, 1999. (6 hours)ISBN 0-7540-0375-0Julian Barnes’s first novel Metroland depicts the life of Christopher Lloyd from his formative teenage years through his college days and into middleclass life in the suburbs of London. More importantly, the novel reveals the development of Chris’s relationships with his best childhood friend Toni,

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1156796462802733402006-08-28T21:20:00.000+01:002006-08-28T21:21:51.680+01:00

P. D. James and Harriet Harvey Wood, editorsSightlinesLondon: Vintage, 2001. (392 p.)ISBN 0-099-42282-4 (£7.99)Sightlines is a collection of new writing published to support the Royal National Institute for the Blind and its Talking Book Appeal. As the introduction explains, the RNIB's Talking Book service provides "pleasure, stimulus, entertainment and life-enhancing joy of literature to

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1156796395867598242006-08-28T21:16:00.000+01:002006-08-28T21:19:55.883+01:00

Clive JamesReliable Essays: The Best of Clive James(Introduction by Julian Barnes)London: Picador, 2001. (349 p.)ISBN 0-330-48129-0 (£14.99) I first discovered Clive James’s writing while sifting through the back pages of some Observer issues published in the early eighties. His insightful television reviews published during this time helped make his name known to the larger public in England

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1156397406365597682006-08-24T06:19:00.000+01:002006-08-24T06:30:07.486+01:00

Thirty-Seventh Antiquarian Book Fair 1996Introduction by Julian Barnes.London: Antiquarian Booksellers Association, 1996. Several years ago I became a collector of Julian Barnes books. I had read most of the novels and had acquired the standard set of Picador and Vintage paperbacks, but one act pushed me beyond the realm of mere reader and into the unqualified world of collector. It wasn't my

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1156396769326804862006-08-24T06:14:00.000+01:002006-08-24T06:19:29.330+01:00

Jim Shepard, editorWriters at the Movies: Twenty-Six Contemporary Authors Celebrate Twenty-Six Memorable Movies.New York: Perennial, 2000. (277 p.)ISBN: 0-06-095491-4 In 1992, Julian Barnes travelled to Gennes, France to interview the film director Claude Chabrol. Madame Bovary had been released with Isabelle Huppert playing the role of Emma, and Barnes was writing a piece that would be published

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1156396289813756802006-08-24T06:08:00.000+01:002006-08-24T06:14:42.940+01:00

Volker KriegelThe Truth About Dogs.Translated and introduced by Julian BarnesBloomsbury, 1986. (121 p.) I cried the first time I read The Truth About Dogs. Tears literally fell down my face. I don't remember now which of the cartoons I read first, whether it was the image of a man checking the bottom of his shoe with the caption "Dogs shit everywhere" or whether it was the series titled "A

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30304395.post-1156396021418538112006-08-24T05:59:00.000+01:002006-08-24T06:08:21.226+01:00

Julian Barnes. "Bitter Lemon Days" in Another Round at the Pillars: Essays, Poems, & Reflectionson Ian Hamilton. Harsent, David, ed.Cargo Press, 1999. (151 p.)ISBN: 1-899-98006-7 (hardback)£25.00Ian Hamilton. I came to know that name a few years ago when I started collecting articles written by Julian Barnes for an as yet to be completed bibliography. Barnes's writing hit a number of targets in

Ryannoreply@blogger.com0