This page of the bibliography covers interviews with Laird Barron.
Last update: 19 FEBRUARY 2018.
INTERVIEWS
"Charles Tan interview with Laird Barron"
Charles Tan
30 MAY 2008
The Shirley Jackson Awards Blog
[SJAB_080530]
The Laird Barron Sequence: Defining the Undefinable"
Jeff VanderMeer
JUNE 2008
Clarkes World Magazine, Issue 21
[CWM_21]
"Feature: Interview with Laird Barron"
Charles Tan
16 SEPTEMBER 2008
Bibliophile Stalker
[BS_080916]
"Ellen Datlow and Laird Barron on Poe:
19 New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe"
Jeff VanderMeer
25 MARCH 2009
Omnivoracious: The Amazon Book Review
- The page linked-to above has only a portion of the interview. Archive.org has a longer version.
"Laird Barron (Interview by Charles Tan)"
Charles Tan
02 JULY 2009
The Shirley Jackson Awards Blog
[SJAB_090702]
"Keeping An Eye On: Laird Barron"
Patrick Wolohan
16 SEPTEMBER 2009
Stomping on Yeti Blog
- This interview was cross-posted to SF Signal.[SOY_090916]
"Interview with Laird Barron"
Tripp [?]
29 DECEMBER 2009
Books Are My Only Friends
[BOF_091229]
"More Questions with Laird Barron"
Tripp [?]
13 JANUARY 2010
Books Are My Only Friends
[BOF_100113]
"First Blood: Laird Barron"
Norman Partridge
22 MARCH 2010
American Frankenstein
[AF_100322]
"An Interview with Laird Barron"
Seregil of Rhiminee [?]
13 MAY 2010
Risingshadow.net
[RS_100513]
"Snutch Labs Chats With - Laird Barron"
Kurt Dinan, John Mantooth, Sam W. Anderson, Erik Williams
19 OCTOBER 2010
Snutch Labs Blog [?]
- The original site has been deleted. Archive.org has a copy of the interview.
"BE MY VICTIM - A DIScUSSION WITH LAIRD BARRON ON LITERARY HORROR AND ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM"
Lee Thomas
23 DECEMBER 2010
SF Signal.com
- The original site has been deleted. Archive.org has a copy of the interview.
"Laird Barron" (audio)
[?]
2010 [?]
Lovecraftian Obsession Episode 7 (Podcast)
- The original site has been deleted.
[LOP_07]
"Charles Tan Interviews Laird Barron"
Charles Tan
11 JULY 2011
The Shirley Jackson Awards (Website)
[SJA_110711]
"Interview with Laird Barron and John Hornor Jacobs" (audio)
Gregory A. Wilson, Bradley P. Beaulieu, Michael R. Underwood
26 OCTOBER 2011
Speculate SF Episode 28 (Podcast)
[SSF_28]
"She Never Slept Interviews Author Laird Barron" (Audio)
Sarah L. Covert
19 DECEMBER 2011
She Never Slept (Podcast)
[SNS_111219]
"Meet the Writer: Laird Barron"
[?]
JANUARY 2012 [?]
This Is Horror
[TIH_01]
"Laird Barron: 'I'm a Magnet to Steel'"
Joselle Vanderhooft
01 MARCH 2012
Weird Tales 359 (Winter 2012)
[WT_359]
"An Interview with Laird Barron"
Dimitris Kontogiannis
APRIL 2012
Crows N Bones
[CNB_120401]
"Laird Barron Weaponizes the Weird in Debut Novel:
'The Croning' from Night Shade Books"
T.E. Grau
04 MAY 2012
Cosmicomicon - The Official Blog of Author T.E. Grau
[CC_120504]
"Author Spotlight: Laird Barron"
E.C. Myers
OCTOBER 2012
Nightmare Magazine Issue 1 (October 2012)
[NM_01]
"A 2013 Interview with Laird Barron" (Audio)
Rick Kleffel
20 JANUARY 2013
The Agony Column (Podcast)
[TAG_130120]
"Revitalizing Horror"
Lou Perry
11 FEBRUARY 2013
Punchnels.com
[PN_130211]
"Sinister Seven: Laird Barron on Arthur Machen"
Michael Doyle
28 MARCH 2013 [?]
Rue Morgue (Website)
- This interview is no longer hosted on the Rue Morgue site. It can be found at archive.org.
"There Is Always Something Worse:
A Conversation With Laird Barron"
Michael Wehunt
30 JULY 2013
Shock Totem #7
- This interview was also published on Michael Wehunt's Official Site blog (05 NOV 2014).
[ST_07][MW_141105]
"Laird Barron interviewed by David McWilliam"
David McWilliam
19 AUGUST 2013
Twisted Tales Events
[TTE130819]
"An Interview with Laird Barron"
David Marshall
10 SEPTEMBER 2013
Thinking About Books
[OP130910]
"Poetry and Cosmic Horror:
A Brief Interview with Laird Barron"
C. Derick Varn
28 SEPTEMBER 2013
former People
[FP130928]
"ЛЭРД БАРРОН: «САМОЕ ТЕМНОЕ МЕСТО НА ЗЕМЛЕ — ЭТО ЧЕЛОВЕЧЕСКОЕ СЕРДЦЕ»"
Владислав Женевский
20 OCTOBER 2013
Darker Magazine
- Laird Barron: "The Darkest Place On Earth - This is the Human Heart".
"An Interview with Laird Barron"
Dejan Ognjanović
13 NOVEMBER 2013
The Temple of Ghoul Blog
[TOG131101]
"Interview with Laird Barron" (Audio)
Cesar Torres
15 NOVEMBER 2013
The Labyrinth Podcast
[LP131115]
"The Year in Weirdness: An Interview with Laird Barron"
John R. Fultz
10 APRIL 2014
Weird Tales Magazine (Website)
- This interview is no longer online. It can be found on archive.is.
"Interview with Laird Barron: Fear and Inspiration"
[?]
21 APRIL 2014
Fata Libelli Blog
- This interview is also available in Spanish.
[FL140421]
"Laird Barron AMA"
Various
30 MAY 2014
Reddit - r/horrorlit
[RD140530]
"EATEATEATEATEAT: An Interview with Laird Barron"
Stu Horvath
6 JUNE 2014
Unwinnable Weekly Issue One
- This interview also appeared on the Unwinnable website (09 JUNE 2014).
[UW140609]
"Laird Barron Interview" (Audio)
Jeremy Maddux
28 JULY 2014
Surreal Sermons (Podcast)
- This recording is no longer available online.
[SS280714]
Building a Better Shark (w/ Laird Barron) (Audio)
Leeman Kessler, Charles Meyer, Sean Thompson
21 AUGUST 2014
Miskatonic Musings Episode 73 (Podcast)
[MM73]
"Interview: Year's Best Weird Fiction /
Interview with editors Michael Kelly and Laird Barron"
David Davis
22 SEPTEMBER 2014
Weird Fiction Review (Website)
- Laird edited the first volume of the Year's Best Weird Fiction.
"Laird Barron and the True Art of Horror" (Audio)
[unknown]
29 SEPTEMBER 2014
Good Reads, Mad Reads Radio Episode 6 (Podcast)
[GRMR6]
"Schlock Talks | Laird Barron"
Thom Cuschieri [?]
23 OCTOBER 2014
Schlock Magazine October 2014 Issue
[SCHLK141023]
"Random-Ass Interview: Laird Barron"
"Spooky" Sean Thompson
05 AUGUST 2015
Spooky Bloggery
[SPK150805]
"The Internal Vista Is Infinite: An Interview With Laird Barron"
Jon Padgett
27 AUGUST 2015
Thomas Ligotti Online
[TLO150827]
"Laird Barron Q and A" (Audio)
Mike Davis, Chris Morey
29 SEPTEMBER 2015
The Lovecraft eZine Talk Show
- The show is also available on YouTube.
"An Interview with Bram Stoker
Award-winning author Laird Barron"
Sean M. Thompson
06 OCTOBER 2015
Word Horde
[WH151006]
"Terrors Supernatural and Psychological:
Laird Barron on Ray Russell's "The Case Against Satan""
Tobias Carroll
12 OCTOBER 2015
Vol. 1 Brooklyn
- Laird wrote the introduction to the new edition of Ray Russell's The Case Against Satan.
"31 Days of Horror: Day 21 --
God of Lovecraft: Laird Barron Interview"
Becky Siegel
21 OCTOBER 2015
Ra of All Horror
[ROAH151021]
Episode 113 – The Sweetest Thing (w/ Laird Barron) (Audio)
28 OCTOBER, 2015
Miskatonic Musings Podcast
[MM113]
"Old Leech Speaks: An Interview with Laird Barron"
Julian Drury
29 OCTOBER 2015
Quail Bell Magazine
[QBM151029]
"A Dark, Lonely Wood: Talking With Laird Barron
About Horror & The Abyss"
Adrian Van Young
29 OCTOBER 2015
Electric Lit
[EL151029]
"Master of the Weird: An Interview with Laird Barron"
Aaron J. French & Chris Kelso
31 OCTOBER 2015
Dark Discoveries Issue #33 (Autumn 2015)
[DDM33]
"Words From the Wise / Part 1: Laird Barron"
Chris Kelso
30 NOVEMBER 2015
Chris Kelso Official Site
[CK151130]
"The State of the Weird 2015" (Audio)
Scott Nicolay, Justin Steele
22 DECEMBER 2015
The Outer Dark episode 24 (Podcast)
[ODK24]
"GUEST LAIRD BARRON PT. 1 PLUS WINDCHILL REVIEW"
Jason White & Michael Schutz
18 APRIL 2016
The Darkness Dwells Podcast episode 51 (Podcast)
[DD51]
"LAIRD BARRON PT. 2 PLUS PRETTY LITTLE DEAD GIRLS REVIEW"
Jason White & Michael Schutz
27 APRIL 2016
The Darkness Dwells Podcast episode 52 (Podcast)
[DD51]
On H.P Lovecraft's Heritage, the Genesis of Swift to Chase and the Importance of Not Judging your Characters, a Conversation with Laird Barron
Benoit Lelievre
30 OCTOBER 2016
Dead End Follies
[DEF]
Episode 031 – Weird Fiction Special (Audio)
Jason White
13 OCTOBER 2017
Great Lakes Horror Company podcast
[GLHC31]
Cvlt Nation catches the world premiere of film They Remain, plus an interview with author Laird Barron and director Philip Gelatt
Gus Butler
26 OCTOBER 2017
CVLT Nation
[CVLT]
This Is Horror 188 – Laird Barron on Growing Up In Alaska, Applying Life Lessons to Writing, and Dealing with Despair (Audio)
Bob Pastorella & Michael David Wilson
24 JANUARY 2018
This is Horror
[This is Horror]
"A great film demonstrates a profound sense of place or character... A great film is one that I want to dissect." - Meet author Laird Barron
Wess Haubrich
29 JANUARY 2018
The 405
[The 405]
This is Horror 189 – Laird Barron on Blood Standard, Crime and Horror Fiction, and Violence in Horror (Audio)
Bob Pastorella and Michael David Wilson
30 JANUARY 2018
This Is Horror Podcast
[TIH189]
This is Horror 190 – Laird Barron on Almost Dying in Alaska Twice, The Origin of Ideas, and Goals for 2018 (Audio)
Bob Pastorella and Michael David Wilson
06 FEBRUARY 2018
This Is Horror Podcast
[TIH190]