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Julian Barnes quits fiction after winning 2026 Princess of Asturias for literature

The British novelist said at a recent launch of his essay 'Farewells' at Barcelona's Caixafòrum that this would be his final novel, after turning 80 and spending over 45 years devoted to literature.

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Despots, brutality and the quest for a home: The Hair of the Pigeon explores suffering and love

Mohammed Massoud Morsi is a master storyteller and it is no surprise that the manuscript of his new novel won the prestigious 2025 Dorothy Hewett Award. He brings stories to light that unsettle stereotypes and show unremittingly the fault lines, hypocrisies and ethical dilemmas of lives lived under theocratic systems…

The Conversation

TV tonight: Martin Lewis on how the new tax year will affect you

The money-saving expert unpicks the upcoming financial changes. Plus: a grim look inside Britain’s steroid boom. Here’s what to watch this evening

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In his last book, Julian Barnes circles big ideas and reflects on his shortcomings

Julian Barnes, author of 14 previous novels, ten volumes of nonfiction, and three collections of short stories under his own name, plus four crime novels under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh, has announced that his new novel, Departure(s), will be his last. The narrator – who both is and is not…

The Conversation

Sex, death and parrots: Julian Barnes’s best fiction – ranked!

As the Booker prize-winning author prepares to publish his final novel at 80, we assess his finest work

The Guardian - UK

Departure(s) by Julian Barnes review – this final novel is a slippery affair

Memoir merges with fiction as the author reflects on failed love, ageing and the end of life in this last instalment to his writing career

The Guardian - UK

Author Julian Barnes confirms new novel will be his last

Booker prize winner, 80, says he has reached point of having ‘played all my tunes’ after new book Departure(s)

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Departure(s) by Julian Barnes: Love, sex and a real sense of an ending

Julian Barnes will be 80 on January 19, an anniversary he is celebrating with the publication of this book, which he says will definitely be his last, although he’ll continue journalism, plus a sold-out conversation with his old mucker Ian McEwan at the Union Chapel next week.

Evening Standard

Books to look out for in 2026 – fiction

Maggie O’Farrell, Yann Martel and Julian Barnes are among the authors publishing new novels this year

The Guardian - UK

Changing My Mind by Julian Barnes review – a manifesto for open-mindedness

The author’s suite of essays, originally conceived for broadcast, don’t always translate well for the page

The Guardian - UK

The principle of assisted dying – and the practice

Letters: Readers respond to the Guardian’s special on assisted dying

The Guardian - UK

Injury-ravaged, battle-scarred, still unbroken — Rafael Nadal is finally back!

Rafael Nadal returns to action at the Brisbane International, seeking relief from the grief of his injuries and a chance to make one last dance.

The Hindu

Review of Sakina’s Kiss | Vivek Shanbhag delivers another winner with his new novel centred on a broken promise

Kannada writer Vivek Shanbhag's 2015 novel Ghachar Ghochar transformed Indian literary scene, shifting power away from English-language writers to fiction in translation. His latest, Sakina's Kiss, is another powerful work. The novel is narrated by Venkat, a mid-level executive whose life is defined by mediocrity. When a group of menacing…

The Hindu

‘I didn’t think it was possible to be a novelist’: Julian Barnes on literature, loss – and his late friend Martin Amis

The Booker winning author talks about how his most recent work was inspired by Hilary Mantel, and the way the books world has changed since his debut was published more than 40 years ago

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Retroland by Peter Kemp review – an author preoccupied with his past

The veteran Sunday Times critic’s survey of 50 years of British fiction rattles through titles, authors and genres, but often at the expense of insight

The Week

Martin Amis: literary wunderkind who ‘blazed like a rocket’

A “blazing, once-in-a-generation talent”, Martin Amis “provoked, inspired and outraged readers ... across a literary career that set off like a rocket, and went on to dazzle, streak and burn for almost 50 years”, said Boyd Tonkin in The Guardian.

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Martin Amis, acclaimed British novelist and London scenester of '80s and '90s, dies at 73

Martin Amis, the acclaimed British author best known for “Money,” “London Fields” and a dozen other novels of flash, style and substance, who was also a fixture of the London literary scene, has died at age 73.

The Guardian - UK

Granta 163: Best of Young British Novelists 5 review – more solipsism than state of the nation

The latest celebration of emerging literary talent brings thrills, charm and emotional punch to the page. But this new generation have taken an inward turn compared with the more worldly themes of bygone years

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Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists – meet the class of 23

From Kazuo Ishiguro to Zadie Smith, Granta’s list has been spotlighting future stars since 1983. Four decades on, what does its evolution says about our literary landscape?

The Conversation

Melodramatic potboilers, worthy classics and DIY escapism: a brief history of the beach read

“Like most people I read a book or two on holiday,” says Stuart, a character in Julian Barnes’ 1991 novel Talking it Over. He does not have time for recreational reading; it must wait until he is at leisure. His best friend, the erudite but erratically employed Oliver, derides this…

The Guardian - UK

Britain is a ‘bifurcated place nowadays’, says Julian Barnes

Author and patron for torture-survivor charity criticises politicians for encouraging ‘mean-spiritedness’

The Guardian - UK

New Britain, same as the old one: the legacy of the second Elizabethan era

The Queen’s accession seemed to herald a fresh start for Britain. But as politics became more squalid, her bland persona was a good match for the monarchy’s survival instinct, says playwright David Hare

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Elizabeth Finch,' by Julian Barnes

FICTION: A distinguished British writer's graceful novel about a rewarding bond kindled in the classroom.

The National (Scotland)

Jarvis Cocker and Nicola Sturgeon to take part in Edinburgh International Book Festival

WRITERS including Alexander McCall Smith, Val McDermid and Julian Barnes and musician Jarvis Cocker will be among those taking part in the…

The Conversation

Philosophy, obsession and puzzling people: Julian Barnes' new novel explores big questions

No standard or rule can settle the question of what something means, says the philosopher Wittgenstein. To apply a standard or a rule correctly you have to interpret it, and that interpretation requires an interpretation, and so on.

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