Nicola Barker
Nicola Barker was born in 1966 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, and emigrated aged nine – with her sister and parents – to South Africa. She returned to England in 1981 with her mother. Her works include Wide Open, Darkmans, which was shortlisted for the 2007 Man Booker Prize, The Yips, The Cauliflower and H(A)PPY.
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Fiction | The Online Edition
Go, Local Sports Team, Go!
Nicola Barker
‘This is his Toxic Super-Ego at work. Surely?’
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The Farm
Nicola Barker
‘Yes. Oh yes. That is who we once were. The Young must never, ever allow themselves to ignore what has brought them here.’
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Nicola Barker | Interview
Nicola Barker & Yuka Igarashi
‘I’ve always thought of myself as someone who writes outside of the dominant culture; an outsider looking in.’
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The Balance
Nicola Barker
‘There were five of them remaining and it was all in the balance.’