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Karen Stevens on characterisation, class and ‘Brilliant Blue’
Barbican author Karen Stevens was recently interviewed by fellow writer Joe Bedford about her debut collection Brilliant Blue. They discussed the research and writing processes that went into the collection, along with topics of identity, class and place. Karen mentions some of the books and authors that inspired her along …
Monocle Radio’s Meet the Writers: Jean McNeil
On bearing witness to a disappearing world Continuing the success of her latest book, Latitudes: Encounters with a Changing Planet, Jean McNeil was recently in conversation with Georgina Godwin of Monocle Radio’s Meet the Writers. And what an introduction. Georgina Godwin explains how she reads four or five books a week, …
Barbican Fest – Videos on Demand
Last month, we celebrated our recent titles with the inaugural Barbican Fest, a series of online interviews with our authors. Dozens of you turned up to show your support and ask your best questions, and our authors provided great answers and flawless readings from their books. We would like to thank …
Barbican Fest
With an exciting list of books this spring, which included our Barbican First titles, we wanted to do something big to celebrate. Summer is approaching and, for many people, this means festival time. This gave us an idea and we’re proud to announce the launch of Barbican Fest, an …
Barbican First Interview: Karen Stevens
As we enter June, we look forward to the release of our final Barbican First title for 2025. To celebrate our new series of debut, short fiction, we’ve been interviewing the writers behind these great books to help you get to know them and their stories a little better, along …
New Title and Cover Reveal
We’re excited to share our newest title releasing this autumn! Watch the video below to see the cover reveal… https://barbicanpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/The-Boy-on-the-Train-Cover-Reveal.mp4
Barbican First Interview: Damion Spencer
May is here that means another of our Barbican First titles is about to release! We have been celebrating our new series of debut, short fiction by interviewing these writers to help you get to know them and their books a little better, along with their experience of the …
Barbican First Interview: Sam Lee
Over the next few months, we will be launching three debut titles of short fiction as part of our new Barbican First series. To celebrate, we have been questioning the exciting writers of these stories to help you get to know them and their books a little better, along …
Jean McNeil in conversation with Mick Webb and Simon Calder
The Wild Places Following the release of Jean McNeil’s latest book, Latitudes: Encounters with a Changing Planet, Jean has been speaking to Mick Webb and Simon Calder on their podcast, You Should Have Been There. Listen below or click here for the full interview, and be sure to subscribe to You …
Jean McNeil in conversation with Action Packed Travel
Writing around the World Jean McNeil’s latest book, Latitudes: Encounters with a Changing Planet, releases next week. Ahead of its launch, Jean was recently interviewed by Peter and Felice Hardy of the wonderful Action Packed Travel podcast. During the episode, they discussed Jean’s extraordinary life spent in some of the world’s …
Miranda Miller Introduces her Latest Novel, When I Was
For the first time, Barbican author Miranda Miller has looked to her own life experiences to fuel her fiction. The result is When I Was, a remarkable tale of childhood in 1950s London. Here, she talks about the memories of family and friends that inspired the setting and characters of …
Burning Memories as Fuel for Worldbuilding (Part III)
In this final post, Creative Writing lecturer and Barbican author Edmund Hurst concludes his reflection on Fantasy, memory and fiction worldbuilding. We venture now into adulthood and discover how the consequences of our actions help shape our story’s beginning. Burning your Adulthood ‘We burn. Reality remains.’ When …
