Quaker Author Chats

Lively interviews about Quaker thought and life today with authors from “Friends Journal,” the monthly Quaker magazine. Join our editors as they talk with authors about their articles and writing process.

You can subscribe to the Friends Journal YouTube channel and watch interviews going back to 2011 on our Quaker Author Chat playlist.

Quaker Author Chats

Deborah B. Ramsey interview

Quaker author Deborah B. Ramsey's "Dream Protectors" appears in the December 2023 issue of Friends Journal. Martin Kelley
Quaker Author Chats

Brent Bill interview

Quaker author Brent Bill's short story, "A Trip to Amity," appears in the November 2023 fiction issue of Friends Journal. Martin Kelley
Quaker Author Chats

Annalee Flower Horne interview

Quaker author Annalee Flower Horne's article, "Refuse All Their Colors," appears in the November 2023 issue of Friends Journal. Martin Kelley
Quaker Author Chats

Rhiannon Grant interview

Quaker author Rhiannon Grant's article, "Confidence in Complexity," appears in the October 2023 issue of Friends Journal. Martin Kelley
Quaker Author Chats

Andy Stanton Henry interview

Quaker author Andy Stanton-Henry's article, "All the Way Back to George Fox," appears in the October 2023 issue of Friends… Martin Kelley
Quaker Author Chats

Olivia Chalkley interview

Quaker author Olivia Chalkley's article, "Young Adults Want What Early Friends Had," appears in the September 2023 issue of Friends… Martin Kelley
Online Features

Quaker Slavery and Manumissions

A talk with Quaker preservationist Avis Wanda McClinton. Martin Kelley
Audio

Interview: The 2020 FGC Gathering Goes Online

An interview with Friends General Conference staff and volunteers around the cancellation of the in-person 2020 Gathering. Martin Kelley
Audio

Interview with Jean Schnell, author of “Framing the Light”

FJ PODCAST SUBSCRIPTION: ITUNES | DOWNLOAD | RSS Read the article: Framing the Light Subscribe to FJ’s podcast series. You… Jean Schnell
Audio

Interview with Peter Moretzsohn, author of “Are You a Friend?”

FJ Podcast: As a 25-year-old “almost Quaker,” I am standing at the edges of the faith and in the dead… Peter Moretzsohn
Audio

Interview with Lina Blount, author of “Half a Quaker”

FJ PODCAST SUBSCRIPTION: ITUNES | DOWNLOAD | RSS | STITCHER On the FJ Podcast. From the article: That walk further… Lina Blount
Audio

Interview with Andrew Glazier, author of “The Billboard”

FJ Podcast: As I was passing a billboard near a Quaker meeting, I saw a hand-painted scene of a farm… Andrew Glazier
Load More