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Ian Barr

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Born

in Canada

Website

https://brokenspinescanada.substack.com/

Genre

Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction

Influences

Jim Butcher, Patrick Rothfuss, Christopher Moore, Anne Rice, Scott Lyn ...more

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February 2024

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Lurking in the wilds of Northwestern Ontario, Ian Barr is not just an indie author of speculative fiction, but an indie enthusiast overall.

Check out his Substack ‘Broken Spines’ for more fantasy and science fiction stories, alongside reviews of other indie novels, and information on his services as an editor.

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Average rating: 4.51 · 59 ratings · 25 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Achten Tan: Land of Dust and Bone by C. Vandyke (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gabrielle Awe (Contributor), Jesse Nolan Bailey (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.32 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In The Wake of the Kraken by C. Vandyke (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alexis Ames (Goodreads Author), Dani Atkinson 4.50 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Synthetic Magic (The Bloodless Affairs #1) 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carnage! 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Indie '25!

It's a bit late as I announced this three months ago on my Substack, but in 2025 I have set my resolution to read ONLY indie books, attempting to get through as many of them as I can and posting reviews of them not only the retailer sites, Instagram, and Goodreads, but also dedicating a longform post on my Substack, The Word Dump, to each and every book I read.

And so far, I've read SIX this year a Read more of this blog post »

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Better to Beg: A Novel

by Kirsti MacKenzie (Goodreads Author)

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The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)

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