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  • Green banner image with photo of author Mike Barnes and text reading Author of Sleep is Now a Foreign Country Mike Barnes on 5 Big Books That Shaped Him as a Writer. Open Book logo bottom right
    Green banner image with photo of author Mike Barnes and text reading Author of Sleep is Now a Foreign Country Mike Barnes on 5 Big Books That Shaped Him as a Writer. Open Book logo bottom right
    December 05, 2023

    Mike Barnes on the Big Books in His Life, Including One Important "Thundering Masterpiece"

    Mike Barnes is one of those rare writers who can do it all – in poetry, short fiction, novels, and memoir, he takes readers on nuanced, brainy, powerfully moving journeys. Fiercely intelligent yet consistently ...

  • Mike Barnes on Choosing a Deceptively Simple Title for His Book of Letters to Caregivers
    Mike Barnes on Choosing a Deceptively Simple Title for His Book of Letters to Caregivers
    November 20, 2018

    Mike Barnes on Choosing a Deceptively Simple Title for His Book of Letters to Caregivers

    Sometimes deft simplicity is where we find the greatest impact when it comes to writing. That proves true in the title of Mike Barnes' Be With: Letters to a Caregiver (Biblioasis). The title Be With ...

  • The Lucky Seven Interview, with Mike Barnes
    The Lucky Seven Interview, with Mike Barnes
    August 30, 2016

    The Lucky Seven Interview, with Mike Barnes

    The Adjustment League (Biblioasis) is the first instalment in a new noir trilogy by Mike Barnes. This first book sees the patients of a psychiatric hospital coming together to form the titular league, ...

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