Audio Interviews with Clive Barker

Clive Barker, author of Abarat, The Hellbound Heart, The Damnation Game and several others, begins the interview by talking about the categorization of books, and his collection of books called Books of Blood. Don Swaim compares Barker against the writing styles of Stephen King in this 1986 interview.

Listen to the Clive Barker interview with Don Swaim, July 31, 1986
(31 min. 20 sec.)

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Several books do not fit into any given category, but have to be placed into one. Each category has a great deal of crossover and Clive Barker feels that his books are in between categories. Listen to this 1987 interview with Don Swaim to hear Clive Barker talk about the fantasy world, and the underlying meanings in stories.

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For many years most of the best writers of the English language found their way to Don Swaim's CBS Radio studio in New York. Wired for Books is proud to webcast these interviews in their entirety.