Interviews
Back Porch Book Chat: Elizabeth Farquhar (Teen Writer)
By Betsy Farquhar |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: Josiah DeGraaf (Director of Young Writers Workshop)
By Betsy Farquhar |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: Carolyn Givens (Author, Publisher, Reader)
By Betsy Farquhar |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: Josiah Pettit (Director of Westminster Books)
By Betsy Farquhar |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: Lucy Gundersen (Mom, Business Owner)
By Betsy Farquhar |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: Mark Hunt (Author), Part 2
By Betsy Farquhar |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: Mark Hunt (Author), Part 1
By Betsy Farquhar |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: Meghan Cox Gurdon (Book Reviewer, Author)
By Betsy Farquhar |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: Karina Yan Glaser, author of the Vanderbeekers series
By Janie Cheaney |
Our series of Back Porch Book Chats are casual conversations with book-lovers like ourselves: authors, booksellers, reviewers, bloggers, moms and dads. Today we’re delighted to ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: Megan Saben (Book Reviewer, Author, Homeschool Mom)
By Betsy Farquhar |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: Stephenie Pyles (Mom to 8 and Read Aloud Champion)
By Betsy Farquhar |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: Mystie Winckler (Blogger, Author, Podcaster, and More)
By Betsy Farquhar |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: Eli Evans from Exodus Books
By Betsy Farquhar |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: Ryan Flanders, illustrator of Something Better Coming
By Megan Saben |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Our guest today is Ryan Flanders, illustrator of the forthcoming picture book written by Megan ...
Read More An Interview with Daniel Nayeri
By Janie Cheaney |
If you’ve been reading our website reviews over the last six months or so, you know we’ve been raving about Everything Sad Is Untrue (a ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: Gina Dalfonzo (Writer, Book Reviewer)
By Betsy Farquhar |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More Purple House Press: An interview with Jill Morgan
By Megan Saben |
Purple House Press revives delightful out of print stories for a new generation. 1. What motivated you to start Purple House Press? Back in the ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: S. D. Smith (Author)
By Betsy Farquhar |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: W. R. Gingell (Author)
By Hayley Morell |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: Miranda Collingridge (High school senior and social media intern)
By Betsy Farquhar |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More A Literary Hospital Mission Field
By Megan Saben |
A month ago my mother was taken to the hospital with a serious infection and blood poisoning. The former threatened a sobering 80% mortality rate; ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: Tim Challies (Blogger, Author, Book Reviewer)
By Betsy Farquhar |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More 2020: Meet the Team —Betsy
By Hayley Morell |
Hayley plays interviewer to introduce the Redeemed Reader team. Today, she's chatting with our managing editor and staff writer, Betsy Farquhar. Last year we started ...
Read More 2020: Meet the Team —Janie
By Hayley Morell |
It's time for Meet the Team, January 2020 edition! Hayley plays interviewer to introduce the Redeemed Reader team. We're starting off with our editorial advisor ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: Bridgette Boudreaux (Chemistry Teacher)
By Betsy Farquhar |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: Sarah Dempsen (After School Ministry Leader)
By Betsy Farquhar |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: Melissa Deming (Bible Teacher)
By Betsy Farquhar |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: Lou Hunley (Public Librarian)
By Betsy Farquhar |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More What Makes a “Strong Girl Character”? Thoughts and a Podcast
By Janie Cheaney |
Does rejecting gender stereotypes mean there are no meaningful distinctions between strong girls and strong boys? Not so long ago, librarians and publishers were concerned ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chat: Virginia Lee Rogers (Bookseller and Homeschool Mom)
By Betsy Farquhar |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More The Author’s Mission: Gary Schmidt
By Janie Cheaney |
One question every author gets, sometimes several times a day: Where do you get your ideas? I had the happy opportunity to sit in on ...
Read More Back Porch Book Chats
By Betsy Farquhar |
Back Porch Book Chat: A casual, virtual conversation about books. Join us as we chat with book lovers like ourselves about a topic we all ...
Read More The Faithful Artist: an Interview with John Hendrix
By Janie Cheaney |
John Hendrix grew up in St. Louis, left home to advance his art career, and eventually returned. Along the way he spent some time as ...
Read More Christians and Mental Illness: an Interview with Simonetta Carr
By Janie Cheaney |
The author of Broken Pieces and the God Who Mends them shares further insights about her experience with schizophrenia. Our readers are familiar with Simonetta's ...
Read More The 2018 Reading Challenge: Interview with a Teen
By Betsy Farquhar |
I (Betsy) interviewed my teen daughter about her experience with the 2018 Reading Challenge. She's a 13-year-old voracious reader who has clear genre preferences, but ...
Read More Interview with Keith Robinson, author of the Origins Series
By Pamela Palmer |
Pamela interviews Keith Robinson, author of the Origins trilogy and other Christian sci-fi works. Read on for more information about Robinson, his work, and his many ...
Read More Bird Boy Project: Discussion Forum 4 (and an exciting giveaway!)
By Janie Cheaney |
Okay readers, this is it: yesterday I sent out the three final chapters and those of you who have been clamoring for "one more chapter, ...
Read More Sherri Dusky Rinker Interview
By Megan Saben |
If you are already fans of Sherri Dusky Rinker's delightful bestselling picture book Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site, you will certainly enjoy the sequel, Mighty, Mighty ...
Read More Pearl Harbor Child: an Interview with Dorinda Nicholson
By Janie Cheaney |
Her father was from Kansas City; her mother was native Hawaiian, and Dorinda Makanaonalani Stagner grew up on Pearl City Peninsula, just around the bend ...
Read More Pastor, Blogger, Author, Editor: More Church History Recommendations for the Whole Family!
By Betsy Farquhar |
We've spent all month reading and learning about church history. It's been such a rich study with interviews and book reviews, but we are not ...
Read More Church History with Tim Challies
By Hayley Morell |
Today we are happy to bring you a virtual interview with pastor, author, and blogger extraordinaire —Tim Challies. Tim serves as a pastor at Grace ...
Read More Learning from John Wycliffe: an Interview with Douglas Bond
By Janie Cheaney |
Yesterday we reviewed The Revolt: a Novel in Wycliffe’s England. Today we’re happy to have the author of that book answer a few questions for ...
Read More 5 Questions for Brian Cosby, author of God’s Story
By Betsy Farquhar |
We are delighted to bring you a virtual interview with Brian Cosby, author of one of our featured church history resources for teens: God's Story: A ...
Read More Interview with Jonathan Bean, author and illustrator
By Megan Saben |
I'm delighted to introduce our readers to Jonathan Bean, author and illustrator of a recently published picture book about homeschooling based on his childhood experience: ...
Read More I Don’t Know How the Story Ends: an Interview with Janie Cheaney
By Betsy Farquhar |
Janie's newest novel for young folks, I Don't Know How the Story Ends, hit store shelves this month, and she's been busy signing copies and ...
Read More 5 Questions on Writing with our very own J. B. Cheaney
By Betsy Farquhar |
Janie's sixth middle grades novel, I Don't Know How the Story Ends, is due to hit store shelves this Wednesday (October 6th)! We will be featuring ...
Read More Caroline Starr Rose: An Interview!
By Betsy Farquhar |
We're privileged to feature a virtual interview today with Caroline Starr Rose, author of Blue Birds (just released on March 24; read our review) and of May ...
Read More Fifty Shades Roundtable with WORLD’s Megan Basham
By emily |
(This interview was originally published Aug 8, 2012. We are republishing today in preparation for the movie's release Valentine's Day weekend 2015.) Fifty Shades of ...
Read More Interview with Storyteller Jim Weiss
By Megan Saben |
Jim Weiss is beloved in many homes for his warm, ailment original literary storytelling and audiobook recordings. Although he is probably best known in homeschooling circles ...
Read More Interview with J. B. Cheaney & Giveaway!
By Betsy Farquhar |
***As of Sept. 15, this giveaway is over. Winners have been notified. Please check back for more free books!*** GIVEAWAY! Tell us a favorite bus ...
Read More The Shakespeare Stealer–and an Interview with Author Gary Blackwood
By Janie Cheaney |
The Shakespeare Stealer (1998), Shakespeare's Scribe (2000), and Shakespeare's Spy (2003), by Gary Blackwood. Penguin Group; Puffin Books. Age/interest level: 12-16. True story: in 1998 ...
Read More Truth in the Tinsel: A Family Advent Tradition
By emily |
Truth in the Tinsel Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I suppose the Christmas race has officially begun now, and with that in mind, ...
Read More Anselm: An Interview with Simonetta Carr
By emily |
Anselm of Canterbury (Christian Biographies for Young Readers) by Simonetta Carr. Reformation Heritage Books, 2013. 64 pgs. Ages 8-up. Simonetta Carr recently published Anselm of ...
Read More The Enemy Stone: An Interview with Robert Treskillard
By Janie Cheaney |
Last Friday we had a fascinating discussion with our interns about some of the first titles of a brand new YA imprint from Zondervan. One ...
Read More Space Odyssey for Little Ones: An Interview with Kevin Luthardt
By emily |
THE BOOK REVIEW When Edgar Met Cecil. Peachtree Publishers, 2013. 32 pgs. Ages 4-8. Kevin Luthardt is an author-illustrator who has had a pretty big ...
Read More Lemonade and Lit, Week 7: Klavan Discussion
By emily |
Other Lemonade and Lit posts: Introduction, Week One: Booked, Week Two: Booked Discussion, Week Three: Beauty, Week Four: Sexuality in Booked, Week Five: Beauty Discussion, ...
Read More Lemonade and Lit Read Along, Week 2: Booked Discussion
By emily |
Other Lemonade and Lit posts: Introduction, Week One: Booked, Week Two: Booked Discussion, Week Three: Beauty, Week Four: Sexuality in Booked, Week Five: Beauty Discussion, ...
Read More Interview with Judah Ben: Kai’Ro, Christian Rap and the Progress of Urban Pilgrims
By emily |
Introduction There are very few modern books that I see as really significant. But I see the Kai' Ro series--an urban interpretation of Pilgrim's Progress--by ...
Read More Podcast 29: What’s in Your Local Public Library?
By emily |
Library Tour Introduction It's taken us all week to pull it off, but we finally have it: a conversation with Janie Cheaney (the kids' book ...
Read More Church Literacy, Part Two: Welcoming Kids and Adults with Reading Difficulties
By emily |
Last week in Church Literacy, Part One, we heard from a Christian mom who dealt with dyslexia in her son. I hope that gave you ...
Read More Church Literacy, Part One: Interview with Mom of a Dyslexic Child
By emily |
How Is Your Church Affected by Literacy Challenges? How many words do you read in your church worship service? 500 or more? Don't forget to ...
Read More Unseduced and Unshaken: An Interview w/ Rosalie De Rosset
By emily |
AN INTRODUCTION Last week, we ran a book giveaway of this book, Unseduced and Unshaken: The Place of Dignity in a Young Woman's Choices by ...
Read More 2012’s Best Author/Illus Interviews
By emily |
While we're finishing off the Christmas cookies and figgy pudding (does anyone really eat figgy pudding? what is it anyway?!), Janie and I thought we'd ...
Read More Andrew Peterson: A Sudden Joyous Turn (Hobbit Read Along Finale, pt 1)
By emily |
Other Hobbit Read Along posts: 1) Introduction, 2) Week One, 2) Week Two, 3) Week Three, 4) Week Four, 5) Week 5, and 6) Finale, ...
Read More The Twilight Effect: RR Podcast 25 with Megan Basham and Thomas Purifoy
By emily |
Has the sun finally set on Twilight? When Stephanie Meyer published The Twilight Saga in 2005, I expect most people were taken aback at the ...
Read More Lit! – An Interview with Tony Reinke
By Janie Cheaney |
Most of the readers of this blog would accept the title of bibliophile. But have you ever thought about your bibliophilosophy—why it exists, what it ...
Read More RR Podcast 21: Douglas Bond and William Boekestein
By emily |
My readers are broken people...children are sinners in need of grace....If I take some other posture to my writing, I'm not going to be authentically ...
Read More Podcast 20: Sally Lloyd Jones on Kids’ Devotionals
By emily |
The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd Jones is a staple among Christian parents these days who want to help introduce kids to the Bible ...
Read More Interview with Jonathan Rogers: Flannery O’Connor, Violence, and Mercy
By emily |
MEET THE AUTHORS Jonathan Rogers is not only one of the most talented Christian writers for kids' today (see our review of The Charlatan's Boy), ...
Read More Podcast 14: Susan Olasky on the Revolutionary War for Kids
By emily |
Compared to the aristocracy in Europe, these were really modest people and they weren't perfect people...[but] they really lived motivated by these ideas. If you ...
Read More Tough Guy: An Interview with Andrew Klavan
By Janie Cheaney |
Andrew Klavan's new novel, Crazy Dangerous, is the story of complicated characters in a complex world. Not necessarily the story you'd expect from a Christian ...
Read More Dad-lit: Views and Interviews
By emily |
Over the past 16 months since launching this website, Janie and I have the opportunity to interview a number of authors and cultural critics who ...
Read More Welcome to College: Caity Interviews Jonathan Morrow
By emily |
This interview was conducted by one of our interns, Caity Kullen, an English Literature major at Oklahoma State University. Thanks, Caity! If you'd like to ...
Read More Thriving at College: An Interview with Alex Chediak
By emily |
A handbook of practical wisdom for the would-be college student. Essential summer read for every incoming freshman.--Dr. Gene Veith, provost of Patrick Henry College About ...
Read More Mother’s Day: Our Interview with Susan Hunt
By emily |
Last Thanksgiving, Janie and I had the privilege of speaking with Susan Hunt on the subject of encouraging thankfulness in kids...and in ourselves! We thought ...
Read More Interview with Avengers Illustrator, Sergio Cariello
By emily |
Who is Sergio Cariello? With The Avengers movie opening in theaters this weekend, I invited Sergio Cariello--a Marvel comics illustrator who worked on Avengers comics--to ...
Read More Speaking of Poetry: An Interview with David Harrison
By Janie Cheaney |
I've known David since the publication of my first novel, when we started seeing each other at children's book events. He's tall, thin, and genial, ...
Read More Kingstone Part 2: Interview and Babylon
By emily |
By Redeemed Reader intern Jack Mertens Today I continue my series on Kingstone Comics, begun on Monday with reviews of two of Marvin Olasky's graphic ...
Read More RR Podcast 12: Simonetta Carr on Pinocchio and Christ in Italy
By emily |
Introduction A few weeks ago, I posted a written interview with Simonetta Carr on her novel for young readers, The Weight of a Flame: The ...
Read More Talking Over the Hunger Games, Part One
By Janie Cheaney |
Since Susanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy (reviewed here) has sparked so much discussion in school cafeterias and dorm rooms (not to mention break rooms and ...
Read More Simonetta Carr on Reformer Olympia Morata
By emily |
Simonetta Carr is one of my favorite authors writing about historical subjects today. Her care for historical detail shows in all her biographies for children, ...
Read More The Lorax: A Podcast with Dr. James Wanliss
By emily |
This Friday, The Lorax opens in theaters nationwide. It's a movie based on Dr. Suess's book by the same name, and it deals with issues ...
Read More Interview with Author Jane Kurtz on African Stories
By emily |
More African stories! Today, we hear from Jane Kurtz, who was raised by missionary parents in Ethiopia. Since then, she's come to live in the ...
Read More Africa: A Literary Adventure and Podcast!
By emily |
This month my local public library is offering a marionette show of African folktales starring Anansi the spider. It's a unique way to celebrate Black ...
Read More Interview with Kevin Luthardt
By emily |
I was introduced to Kevin Luthardt's work many years ago, when I was but a mere Operations Assistant at Peachtree Publishers. I thought his work ...
Read More Raising Readers: An Interview with Alan Jacobs
By Janie Cheaney |
Alan Jacobs is Professor of Literature at Wheaton College, where he went to teach for two semesters and stayed for 28 years. Teaching is his ...
Read More RR Podcast 10: Roger Lowther on Japanese Literature
By emily |
This interview is part of our Japan: Literary Adventure. See Part One for an introduction as well as links to the books we talk about ...
Read More Ereaders and ebooks: An Interview with Mike Sugimoto
By emily |
Should your family purchase an ereader or ipad? What about your kids--should they be allowed to read book apps or ebooks? Tablets or ereaders are ...
Read More RR Podcast 8: Interview with William Boekestein
By emily |
"Are you ready to begin your quest for comfort...?" So ends William Boekestein's video of his newest book for kids, The Quest for Comfort: The ...
Read More RR Podcast 7: Douglas Bond on Reformation Tours
By emily |
THE PODCAST Plenty of Americans dream of taking a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Europe...to see the Eiffle Tower, hear the chiming of Big Ben, and float ...
Read More Author Interview: Simonetta Carr on Athanasius
By emily |
Athanasius. By Simonetta Carr. Reformation Heritage Press, sale 2011. 66 pp. Ages 9-12. What makes a good children's book? We've talked a lot the past ...
Read More Podcast 6: Janie and Emily, and a Prayer for Banned Books Week
By emily |
Over at BannedBooksWeek.org, the celebration has begun. And while Janie and I made our objections to Banned Books Week clear last week, we are happy ...
Read More Interview With Meghan Cox Gurdon
By Janie Cheaney |
Early last June, the YA publishing world was rocked by a column in the Wall Street Journal by Meg Cox Gurdon, who reviews children’s books ...
Read More Janie on Chris Fabry Live!
By emily |
Welcome old friends and new! Most of you probably know by now that Janie was interviewed on Chris Fabry Live! on July 13th. For those ...
Read More RR Podcast 5: Douglas Bond from Scotland
By emily |
Today's podcast is a follow-up to our last interview with Mr. Bond, RR Podcast 4: Douglas Bond on Fatherhood. Last time we talked about his ...
Read More RR Podcast 4: Douglas Bond on Fatherhood
By emily |
Today's interview is regarding Douglas Bond's devotional series for young men and their fathers, Fathers and Sons. I hope to eventually do another interview with ...
Read More Interview with Dr. Veith: Part Two
By Janie Cheaney |
Part Two of our Interview with Gene Edward Veith In Part Two of the interview, we're talking about how to prepare our kids for college--and ...
Read More Interview with Dr. Gene Edward Veith
By Janie Cheaney |
Gene Edward Veith: Parent + Educator + Writer Many--if not all--of our readers are praying earnestly for their children to lead God-centered, successful lives. Of ...
Read More Author Interview: Caldecott Finalist Ima B. Twitt
By emily |
Now that April Fool's Day is over, I should probably introduce this as my post on April 1st... Recently I had the extraordinary opportunity to ...
Read More Contest Winners and More
By emily |
$20 Bookshelf Challenge Winner Today is the big day for one Redeemed Reader: the announcement of our $20 Bookshelf Challenge winner. Thank you to everyone ...
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