Kazuo Ishiguro
A well-regarded speaker, panelist, and interviewer, Barbash has served as host for onstage events for The Commonwealth Club, Litquake, BookPassage, and the Lannan Foundation, and his interview subjects have included "Kazuo Ishiguro", "Brett Easton Ellis", "Jonathan Franzen", "Carlos Ruiz Zafon", "James Ellroy", "Ann Packer", "Mary Gaitskill", and "Chuck Palahniuk".