Julian Barnes © Alan Edwards
Julian Barnes is the author of several books of stories, essays, a translation of Alphonse Daudet's In the Land of Pain, and numerous novels, including the 2011 Man Booker Prize winning novel The Sense of an Ending and the stunning The Only Story. His other recent publications include Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art and The Man in the Red Coat.
Booklist calls Barnes's new novel Elizabeth Finch, "A lyrical, thoughtful, and intriguing exploration of love, grief, and the collective myths of history. Barnes adds yet another remarkable title to his astoundingly remarkable body of work."
Barnes has received numerous awards and honours for his writing, most recently the David Cohen Prize for Literature in 2011, the
2011 Man Booker Prize, the 2021 Jerusalem Prize, and the 2021 Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award. Also in 2021, he was awarded the Jean Bernard Prize, so named in memory of the great specialist in hematology who was a member of the French Academy and chaired the Academy of
Medicine.
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ONLINE EVENTS ~ ELIZABETH FINCH
17 August 2022 - [12 pm PT / 3 pm ET] – Warwick's–Virtual event, partnering with Skylight, Book Passage, Copperfield's, Books, Inc. [Zoom link here]
23 August 2022 - [4 pm ET] – Avon Library, CT – Virtual event with Left Bank, Parnassus, Rizzoli, and Community Bookstore [Zoom link here]
15 September 2022 - [4 pm ET] - Oblong Books in Rhinebeck NY – Virtual event with R.J. Julia / Bookhampton, Books & Books Miami, Politics & Prose, & Harvard Bookstore [Zoom link here]
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18 August 2022 - "At the National Gallery: Two Portraits," London Review of Books, vol. 44, no. 16. [On Ingres and Picasso.]
16 August 2022 - #PouredOver [Barnes & Noble]: Julian Barnes on Elizabeth Finch [Also available as a podcast.]
27 July 2022 - "In 1971, I felt Larkin was speaking directly to me," New Statesman. [Julian Barnes on Philip Larkin - Larkin at 100.]
1 July 2022 - "Julian Barnes: ‘When I first read EM Forster, I thought he was a bit wet’." The Guardian. Julian Barnes on books and authors in this Q&A for The Guardian.
7 April 2022 - "Can a rabbit talk to a cat? Lartigue takes a leap." London Review of Books, vol. 44, no. 7. [Julian Barnes on Jacques Henri Lartigue.]
16 December 2021 - "Flaubert at Two Hundred." London Review of Books, vol. 43, no. 24.
28 October 2021 - Publication of Romans by Gallimard. Translated from the English by Jean-Pierre Aoustin and Jean Guiloineau. Edited and with a chronology by Vanessa Guignery.
Julian Barnes from the Margins: Exploring
the Writer's Archives - Vanessa Guignery
10 September 2016 - Julian Barnes Bibliography Project: The Julian Barnes Website announces the development of a new online bibliography of Julian Barnes publications. This multi-year project will feature a searchable blog of first editions, proofs, translations, and various rare ephemeral items. Visit the Julian Barnes Bibliography to view the latest additions.
Tattoo of Julian Barnes quote courtesy of Sarah Malley
Julian Barnes Bibliography
The Julian Barnes Website announces the development of an online bibliography of Julian Barnes publications. This multi-year project will feature a searchable blog of first editions, proofs, translations, and various rare ephemeral items. Visit the Julian Barnes Bibliography to view the latest additions.
Published by Vintage
Keeping an Eye Open [Updated Edition] was published by Vintage in an updated
edition that includes seven new exquisite illustrated essays.
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