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Barnes Image -- DenoelBaron, Scarlett. 'Nothing to be Frightened of: An Interview with Julian Barnes.' The Oxonian Review of Books 7.3 (Summer 2008).

French, Mike. 'Mike Interviews: Julian Barnes.' The View from Here (Blog), 4 April 2008.

Herbert, Susannah. 'Julian Barnes: not dead yet, just dying.' Sunday Times, 16 March 2008.

O'Connell, John. 'Julian Barnes: Interview.' TimeOut, 13 March 2008 [Interview].

Dodd, Philip. 'Julian Barnes.' Night Waves, 4 March 2008 [Radio interview; Nothing to be Frightened of].

Lawson, Mark. 'Julian Barnes.' Front Row, 3 March 2008 [Radio interview; Nothing to be Frightened of].

Summerscale, Kate. 'Julian Barnes: Life as he knows it.' Telegraph, 1 March 2008 [Includes interview].

Rees, Jasper. 'The Inscrutable Mr Barnes.' Telegraph, 23 September 2006.

Lewis, Georgie. 'Julian and Arthur and George.' Powells.com, 13 February 2006.

'An Interview With Julian Barnes.' Abebooks.co.uk, February 2006 [Discusses Arthur & George, as well as books and book-related issues].

Thomas, Rob. 'A Long Way from Holmes.' The Capital Times (Madison, WI), 3 February 2006 [Interview].

Freeman, John. 'Elementary Justice: Julian Barnes Discusses Arthur & George.' New City Chicago, 31 January 2006 [Interview].

Lopate, Leonard. 'Imagining Arthur Conan Doyle.' 30 January 2006 [Audio Interview].

Seiler, Casey. 'Sir Arthur Investigates.' The Times Union (Albany, NY), 29 January 2006: J1 [Interview / Review].

Eichenberger, Bill. 'Q&A -- Julian Barnes.' The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio), 25 January 2006: Life 4 [Interview].

Lanham, Fritz. 'Fact and Fiction.' The Houston Chronicle, 23 January 2006: 1 [Interview / Review].

Behe, Regis. 'Reconstructing a Case.' Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 22 January 2006 [Interview / Review].

Donnelly, Pat. 'A Pretty Good Bet.' The Gazette (Montreal), 8 October 2005: H1.

van Herk, Aritha. 'Booker Front-Runner.' The Calgary Herald (Alberta), 8 October 2005: F7 [Very positive review with extended interview].

Renzetti, Elizabeth. 'Down at the Pub with Julian.' Globe and Mail, 6 October 2005.

McCloskey, James. 'Julian Barnes in Conversation.' The Brooklyn Rail, September 2005.

'Julian Barnes: Arthur & George.' The New Zealand Herald, 21 August 2005 [Includes interview].

Gilbert, Harriet (host). "Flaubert's Parrot." BBC World Book Club, July 2003 [The discussion is available online at the BBC Website].

O'Regan, Nadine. "Cool, Clean Man of Letters." Sunday Business Post (29 June 2003) [Interview during his visit to Ireland for the Dublin Writers' Festival].

O'Hagan, Simon. "Interview: Julian Barnes -- I May Not Like It Much, But I Still Live Here." Independent on Sunday (London) (1 December 2002): 10 [Barnes discusses the installation of a new satellite system that receives French television].

McMahon, Regan. "There's something about France (Q & A: Julian Barnes)." San Francisco Chronicle (6 October 2002): 2.

Stoop. "Interviews: Julian Barnes." Bookmunch.co.uk (3 June 2002) [Interview upon the publication of In the Land of Pain].

Barnes, Julian. "The Books Interview." The Observer, 19 May 2002: 17 [Interview upon the publication of In the Land of Pain].

Webb, Alex. "Barnes and France: Love Requited." BBC Online: Arts (18 January 2002) [Interview with Barnes upon the publication of Something to Declare].

"You ask the questions: Julian Barnes." Independent (16 January 2002) [Q & A from readers upon the publication of Something to Declare].

"Shelf Life: Julian Barnes." Scotland on Sunday (13 January 2002) [Q & A with Barnes upon the publication of Something to Declare].

"Julian Barnes in Conversation." Cercles 4 (2002): 255-269 [Interview conducted by Vanessa Guignery during a Flaubert's Parrot conference in Rouen, November 2001; Available in .pdf format at: http://www.cercles.com/n4/barnes.pdf]

Barnes, Julian. "My Team Leicester City." Observer Sport Monthly (5 August 2001): 61 [Interview about Barnes's lifetime devotion to the Leicester City team].

Birnbaum, Robert. "Julian Barnes, Etc." Identity Theory, [March 2001], http://www.identitytheory.com/people/birnbaum8.html [Interview upon the U.S. publication of Love, etc].

"Julian Barnes and Jay McInerney." Available through the NYTimes Online, 7 March 2001, http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/02/25/specials/barnes.html [Interview recorded at the New York Public Library in conjunction with the U.S. publication of Love, etc].

Timberg, Scott. "Barnes Burner: British author Julian Barnes reflects life as we live it." The New Times LA, 1 March 2001 [Shorter version of Timbert's interview upon the U.S. publication of Love, etc].

Timberg, Scott. "A Tip of the Hat to Kurosawa." Hartford Courant, 28 January 2001 [Interview upon the U.S. publication of Love, etc.]

James, Clive (host). "Julian Barnes." Clive James Website (www.clivejames.com), [2001] [Lengthy video interview].

Vianu, Lidia. "Giving up criticism is much easier than giving up alcohol or tobacco." România Literara (13-19 December 2000).

Guignery, Vanessa. "History in question(s): An Interview with Julian Barnes." Sources 8 (printemps 2000): 59-72.

"Let's Talk about Love, etc: An interview with Julian Barnes." Amazon.co.uk Website.

Lozano, Antonio. "El Rincón del Escritor Julian Barnes." Que Leer (Noviembre 1999): 112-113 [Spanish; interview upon the publication of Inglaterra, Inglaterra].

Birnbaum, Robert. "Robert Birnbaum Interviews Julian Barnes." Julian Barnes Website, 1999. http://www.julianbarnes.com/resources/birnbaum-ee.html [Interview upon the U.S. publication of England, England].

Edwards, Bob. "Julian Barnes on His New Novel England, England." Morning Edition, National Public Radio. (26 May 1999) [Interview upon the publication of the US edition of England, England].

Penkava, Melinda. "How British Influence in the World Has Changed Over the Last 50 Years and How Britain Itself Has Changed in That Time." Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio. (13 May 1999) [Interview with Julian Barnes and Andrew Sullivan upon the publication of the US edition of England, England].

Hazleton, Lesley. "Julian Barnes Is Just a Normal Guy." The Seattle Times (12 April 1999): E1 [Interview upon the publication of the US edition of England, England].

Vianu, Lidia. "Giving up criticism is much easier than giving up alcohol or tobacco." România Literara (13-19 December 2000).

Dening, Penelope. "Inventing England." Irish Times (8 September 1998): 12 [Interview upon the publication of England, England].

"Bibliofile: featuring Julian Barnes." Sunday Times, 30 August 1998 [Interview upon the publication of England, England].

Unsigned. "He's turned towards Python. (But not the dead Flaubert's Parrot sketch . . ." Observer Review (London), (30 August 1998): 15 [Interview upon the publication of England, England].

Poole, Steven. "Why Don't We Make It All Up?" Independent (London), (30 August 1998): 10 [Interview upon the publication of England, England].

Lancaster, John. "A Vision of England." Daily Telegraph, (29 August 1998): 5 [Interview upon the publication of England, England].

Baum, Caroline. "Shaken and Not Stirred." Sydney Morning Herald, (14 February 1998): 9 [Interview upon the publication of Cross Channel and Barnes's participation in Australia's Adelaide Writers' Week].

March, Michael. "Into the Lion's Mouth: A Conversation with Julian Barnes." The New Presence, December 1997 [The conversation seems to center around Barnes's influences and his book The Porcupine].

Swanson, Carl. "Old Fartery and Literary Dish." Salon Magazine, 13 May 1996 [Interview upon the publication of Cross Channel].

Hawtree, Christopher. "Novel Escape." Times (London), (13 January 1996): 18-19, 21-22 [Interview upon the publication of Cross Channel].

Kellaway, Kate. "The Grand Fromage Matures." Observer Review (London), (7 January 1996): 7 [Interview upon the publication of Cross Channel].

Unsigned. "Windows on to the French." Bookseller, (27 October 1995): 26-27 [Interview upon the publication of Cross Channel].

Mourthé, Claude. "Julian Barnes: Un savoureux éclectisme." Magazine littéraire no.315 (November 1993): 96-102 [French interview upon the publication of Le porc-épic].

Quemain, Miguel Ángel. "Conversar Con el Presente: Entrevista Con Julian Barnes." Quimera v.124 (1993): 24-30 [Spanish interview upon the publication of El puercoespín].

Stout, Mira. "Chameleon Novelist." New York Times Review of Books, 22 November 1992 [Interesting piece in which Mira Stout travels with Barnes to his childhood home].

Smith, Amanda. "Julian Barnes." Publisher's Weekly v.236 no.18 (3 November 1989): 73-74 [Interview upon the publication of A History of the World in 10½ Chapters].

Stuart, Alexander. "Endpapers: A Talk with Julian Barnes." Los Angeles Times, (15 October 1989): 15 [Interview upon the publication of A History of the World in 10½ Chapters].

Saunders, Kate. "From Flaubert's Parrot to Noah's woodworm." Sunday Times (London), (18 June 1989): p.G8-9 [Interview upon the publication of A History of the World in 10½ Chapters].

Kastor, Elizabeth. "Julian Barnes' Big Questions: The British Novelist Tackling the Unknown." Washington Post Book World, (18 May 1987): B1, B9 [Interview upon the publication of A History of the World in 10½ Chapters].

Salgas, Jean-Pierre. "Julian Barnes n'en a pas fini avec Flaubert." La Quinzaine littéraire no.463 (16 April - 31 May 1986): 13 [French interview upon the publication of Le perroquet de Flaubert].

Sinclair, Mick. "Julian Barnes." Zigzag 3(5) February 1986 [Discusses Barnes's role as a television critic. http://www.micksinclair.com/zigzag/barneszz.html].

Hayman, Ronald. "Julian Barnes in Interview." Books & Bookmen, May 1980, p.36-37 [Interview upon the publication of Metroland and Duffy].

 
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