The view from here literary magazine: Author Advent 22: Julian Barnes

Promoting a Modern Novel

Or trying to make sense of the universe
Barry Cunningham Interview

We can hardly have an interview and not ask you a little about Harry Potter
Stereotypes and Writing

I’m not sure when I first became really aware of the impact of stereotypes, but it might have been when I moved to England in the early 1980s and many people called me ‘the Yank.’
Iain M. Banks Interview

Most people have a sort of reservoir of disturbing images and most people don’t want to think about them and so they only come out at night when their guard is down. Where as I’m quite happily thinking about them.
Mission Impossible

by the editor
Dear Mike, I'm afraid I can't help. I haven't written a synopsis for about 25 years - for a non-fiction book I never finished. best, Julian Barnes
John Boyne Interview

by Karen Roy
John Boyne is the award winning author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.
Stephen Kelman Interview

by Claire King
Stephen Kelman is the author of the critically acclaimed Booker shortlisted novel Pigeon English.
The Stories & The Stars

by Elizabeth Baines
Jung and Freud and an entanglement with Knightley
Self Publish and be Damned

By Roger Morris
Publishing is a business. Writing is an art. What does that make self-publishing? Utter folly, of course.

Author Advent 22: Julian Barnes

"Adam Foulds's The Broken Word (Cape 2008), about the Mau Mau insurgency in Kenya in the 1950s, is the best long poem I've read in years. And I'm looking forward to his Booker-listed novel The Quickening Maze."

Julian Barnes

Nothing to be Frightened Of

Each day until December 24th an author featured at TVFH over the last few years tells us of their favourite read of 2009 in our Author Advent. You'll have to provide your own chocolates and there's no little door to open, but you could try placing your hand over your eyes and then removing it again. Authors include the likes of Julian Barnes, Iain Banks, Paul Torday, Patrick Gale and Marina Lewycka. And for those of you who like lists, we'll list them all on December 29th.

Photo credit boxes: Ali Edward

1 Comments:

Katy said...: Hi, great feature viewfromhere. You might also enjoy our authors' christmas wishlist feature over on fifthestate.co.uk in which we asked our authors to tell us which books they'd like to give, or get, this Christmas. Our feature will also be running up to Christmas eve

Katy; 22 December 2009 10:41