Co-Founder and CEO, BFS Network
Julian Barnes
Co-Founder and CEO | BFS Network
About Julian
Julian Patrick Barnes is an English essayist, novelist, and short story writer born on 19 January 1946. He has published a diverse body of work that includes fiction, essays, memoirs, and translations. Barnes's early career included work as a lexicographer for the Oxford English Dictionary supplement. His debut novel, Metroland, was published in 1980, followed by his second work, Before She Met Me, in 1982. His novel Flaubert's Parrot received critical acclaim, being shortlisted for the 1984 Booker Prize, a finalist for the 1988 Grinzane Cavour Prize, and winning the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1985 and the Prix Médicis Essai in 1986. During the 1980s, he also published works such as Staring at the Sun and A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Talking It Over, published in 1991, won the Prix Femina étranger in 1992, and he sequenced his work with Love, etc, along with short story collections and novels including The Porcupine and England, England. Barnes's novel Arthur & George was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Dublin Literary Award. His novel The Sense of an Ending won the Booker Prize in 2011. In addition to fiction, he authored essay collections, memoirs, and a nonfiction book, The Man in the Red Coat, focusing on Belle Époque Paris. Under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh, he wrote crime fiction. Barnes has been recognized with numerous honors, including the Chevalier, Officier, and Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and awards such as the E. M. Forster Award, the Shakespeare Prize, and the Jerusalem Prize. He has also been mentioned as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Latest interviews
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Intelligence Squared
Julian Barnes in conversation with Ian McEwan (Part Two)
Feb 3, 2026
Intelligence Squared
Julian Barnes in conversation with Ian McEwan (Part One)
Feb 2, 2026
Gym Business - Business for Unicorns Podcast
Episode 500: Find, Enroll, Retain: The Simple Framework Behind Profitable Gyms with Julian Barnes
Dec 12, 2025
Well, Well, Well
017 Wellness & Industry Data with Julian Barnes
Dec 4, 2025
Fitness Business Asia Podcast
How to take your studio from breakeven to 20% profit with Julian Barnes of BFS Network
Aug 24, 2025
Gym Owners Fitness Business Podcast With Mel Tempest
Julian Barnes - BFS Network Industry Report
Jul 8, 2025
The English Wine Diaries
Julian & Tom Barnes, Biddenden Vineyard – Episode 22
Nov 10, 2021
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