Spanning almost five decades, this extensive publications list ranges across poetry, fiction and non-fiction. You can follow the links to find out more about some of the books and also take a look at the featured books and at the anthology of poetry and prose in response to the work and career of John Barnie, Wired to the Dynamo.
You can also find excerpts from recent launch videos, audio samples and PDF extracts of some of John’s work here.
Poetry
Borderland (1984)
Lightning Country (1987)
Clay (1989)
Heroes (1996)
Ice (2001)
At the Salt Hotel (2003)
Sea Lilies: Selected Poems 1984-2003 (2006)
The Green Buoy (2006)
Trouble in Heaven (2007)
West Jutland Suite/Vestjysk Suite (2009)
The Forest Under the Sea (2010)
A Year of Flowers (2011)
The Roaring Boys (2012)
Wind Playing with a Man’s Hat (2016
Departure Lounge (2018)
Sherpas (2018)
Sunglasses (2020)
Afterlives (2021)
A Report to Alpha Centauri (2021)
Fiction
The Confirmation (1992)
The City (1993)
The Wine Bird (1998)
Essays
Tsunami Days (2023)
The King of Ashes (1989)
No Hiding Place (1996)
Fire Drill: Notes on the Twenty-First Century (2010)
Memoir
Abergavenny (1997)
Tales of the Shopocracy (2009)
Footfalls in the Silence (2014)
History
War in Medieval Society (1974)
Music
Y Felan a Finnau (1992)
About John Barnie
Wired to the Dynamo (2018)