Read with Laura Joy

Read with Laura Joy


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Virgil’s Dilemma Part 1 – RWLJ141
September 26, 2025

Discover Wren Island, where there’s always more to the story and YOU influence what happens next! In this episode, Laura Joy Lloyd reads from Virgil’s Dilemma, a Wren Island story-in-progress, and inv

A Conversation with Shelley S. Cramm Part 2 – RWLJ140
September 19, 2025

Gardener and author Shelley S. Cramm joins Laura Joy Lloyd to discuss how planting a garden is similar to writing fiction, why rallying people to pray can make a difference, why its okay to love gard

A Conversation with Shelley S. Cramm Part 1 – RWLJ139
September 12, 2025

Gardener and author Shelley S. Cramm joins Laura Joy Lloyd to discuss how planting a garden is similar to writing fiction, why rallying people to pray can make a difference, why its okay to love gard

A Conversation with Highway 20 Writers – RWLJ138
September 05, 2025

Women from Highway 20 Writers join author Laura Joy Lloyd to answer the question: What advice would you give your 50-year-old self? - Learn more about - Darlene Danner: - Essea White: https://www.

A Conversation with Robin W. Pearson Part 2– RWLJ137
August 22, 2025

Christy Award-winning novelist Robin W. Pearson joins Laura Joy Lloyd to discuss how it felt to win that prestigious award, her grandfathers continuing influence in storytelling, why its admirable t

A Conversation with Robin W. Pearson Part 1 – RWLJ136
August 15, 2025

Christy Award-winning novelist Robin W. Pearson joins Laura Joy Lloyd to discuss how it felt to win that prestigious award, her grandfathers continuing influence in storytelling, why its admirable t

A Conversation with Jeremiah Friedli – RWLJ135
August 01, 2025

Author Jeremiah Friedli joins Laura Joy Lloyd to discuss how losing his own father fueled a desire to write strong father figures into his stories. Why a story originally set in Iceland had to be relo

A Conversation with Tessa Burns Part 2 – RWLJ134
July 18, 2025

Author and artist Tessa Burns joins Laura Joy Lloyd to discuss how a character in the back of the room became a storys heart-wrenching focal point. What happens when an author pours themself into t

A Conversation with Tessa Burns Part 1 – RWLJ133
July 11, 2025

Author and artist Tessa Burns joins Laura Joy Lloyd to discuss how a character in the back of the room became a storys heart-wrenching focal point. What happens when an author pours themself into t

Music from Read with Laura Joy – RWLJ132
July 03, 2025

Author Laura Joy Lloyd shares a musical soundtrack that accompanies episodes of Read with Laura Joy. This is episode 132, Music from Read with Laura Joy. Find the original home for this episode here: