Pat Barker

Jan 1, 2025 | fantasyliterature.com | Bill Capossere |Pat Barker

The Voyage Home by Pat BarkerAmongst the flood of Greek myth retellings over the past number few years, three authors have stood out to me. Two are Madeline Miller and Claire North, the first for her fantastic Circe (not to mention the brilliant The Song of Achilles from a decade earlier) and the second for her excellent and just-concluded SONGS OF PENELOPE trilogy.

Dec 6, 2024 | barnesandnoble.com | Pat Barker |Isabelle McConville

The Heart of the Book: A Guest Post by Pat Barker After reintroducing us to the overlooked women in mythology like Briseis in The Silence of the Girls and The Women of Troy, bestselling author Pat Barker returns with The Voyage Home, this time turning her pen to the myth of Cassandra. Pat has penned an exclusive guest post for B&N readers on why she wanted to write this book, down below.

Dec 3, 2024 | audiofilemagazine.com | Pat Barker

Kristin Atherton delivers a powerhouse performance of the final volume in Booker Prize novelist Pat Barker's trilogy reimagining the Trojan War from a female perspective. This book is told mostly by Ritsa, a Trojan healer who is enslaved to Cassandra, who is herself the slave-concubine of King Agamemnon. The war is over, the seas perilous, egos fragile, prophesies unkind, and in Mycenae Clytemnestra plots revenge.

Nov 8, 2024 | thestate.com | Hannah Lynn |Pat Barker

From epic journeys to powerful characters, Greek mythology has fascinated audiences and readers for centuries. With ancient adventures of gods, monsters, heroes and beyond, it’s no wonder these tales are just as thrilling today! Brimming with life lessons, moral dilemmas and captivating character arcs of legendary figures from Hades and Persephone to Medusa and Odysseus, these Greek mythology books are sure to sweep you away on an epic journey.

Sep 20, 2024 | theguardian.com | Pat Barker

My earliest reading memory Four years old, teaching myself to read with a girls’ school annual my grandad brought back from a jumble sale. One of the stories involved a lacrosse match between two girls’ boarding schools. I pestered the adults to give me words, marking my progress in thick green crayon, and by the time I got to the end of the book, I could read, more or less. My favourite book growing up Biggles Flies West by WE Johns. Or north, or south, or east.