In this speech for the 2001 Zena Sutherland lecture series Lowry talks about the aspects of her childhood that inspired her to become a writer and the books and poetry that influenced her as a child.

The Beginning of Sadness
Speech to the Ohio Library Educational Media Assocation Annual Convention, November, 2001.

In this post 9/11 speech Lowry talks about the difficulties of being a child in a frightening world, and the difficulties of being someone who cares about children in a frightening world.

Bright Streets and Dark Paths
Brown University, March 2001.

Lowry talks about her life and some of her experiences with books as a child and as an adult.

Impossible Promises
School Library Journal, vol. 46 no. 4, April 2000.

In this speech for the Anne Carroll Moore lecture Lowry talks about grief and loss, and the promise of safety in books.

Newbery Medal acceptance
The Horn Book Magazine, vol. 70 no. 4, July-August 1994.

Lowry's acceptance speech for The Giver goes into detail about the various elements of Lowry's life that contributed to the ideas that became the book. Lowry also discusses the ambiguous ending of the book and how different readers interpret it differently.

Newbery Medal Acceptance
The Horn Book Magazine, vol. 66, July-August 1990.

Lowry's acceptance speech for Number the Stars talks about her feelings on receiving the award, her reasons for writing the book, and her process of research for the book. Funny, touching and insightful, Lowry has a gift for sharing a piece of herself with her audience.

Rabble Starkey
The Horn Book Magazine, vol. 64, January-February 1988.

In this acceptance speech for the 1987 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for fiction Lowry talks about the importance of setting in her novel Rabble Starkey.