The author moved to Japan aged 21, immersing herself in language and culture with such success that she is now a literary translator. Her route there was by no means straightforward; this bo... read more
Iridescent, funny, subversive, endlessly surprising, sharp as a wind cutting in from the North Sea: many will know Barker's startlingly good writing from her only novel O Caledonia. Here are... read more
To celebrate the 25th birthday of this eccentric institution: a second volume of interviews drawn from the FT's archives of the last five years. What's on the menu is always just as enthrall... read more