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Kathleen Boland

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author of SCAVENGERS, out 1/13/2026 πŸŒ€πŸœοΈβœ¨

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New episode!

@kpboland.bsky.social joins me on the show to discuss her debut novel Scavengers.

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03.02.2026 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Author @kpboland.bsky.social joins me on tomorrow's show to chat about her stellar new debut Scavengers.

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02.02.2026 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today on the program, a conversation w Kathleen Boland, author of the debut novel SCAVENGERSβ€”a mother-daughter story set in Utah, and that involves buried treasure and self-reinvention.

🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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27.01.2026 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PEOPLE’s Best Books of January 2026: A Stunning Sophia Loren Photobook, Plus New Fiction See PEOPLE's picks for the best books of January 2026 so far, including self-help books, literary fiction and photo books.

"Escape to the enchanting Utah desert with an irresistible mother-daughter duo... Charming, propulsive and emotionally gripping."

SCAVENGERS named one of @peoplemag.bsky.social's Best Books of January!

people.com/people-best-... @vikingbooks.bsky.social

20.01.2026 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Briefly Noted Book Reviews Short reviews of recent releases.

"In this riveting novel of madcap adventure, a woman named Bea leaves New York City for Utah, where her mother lives..."

SCAVENGERS in the New Yorker's Briefly Noted!

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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20.01.2026 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kathleen Boland on Getting Lost (as a Writing Practice) This first appeared in Lit Hub’sΒ Craft of WritingΒ newsletterβ€”sign up here. The advice to β€œwrite what you know” presumes you know what you know. From Jesus to Wordsworth, people wandered into the wi…

β€œI didn’t find myself. Instead, I found an obsession.” @kpboland.bsky.social on getting lost (as a writing practice).

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Our first podcast of 2026 has landed!

Listen to Kathleen Boland discuss how she writes, why she writes, and the path to publishing her debut book SCAVENGERS (@vikingbooks.bsky.social).

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4rui...

14.01.2026 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Details and RSVP for our event with Boland and Kate Folk next week at the link below:
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13.01.2026 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Mother-Daughter Novel That Transforms the Western - Electric Literature Kathleen Boland’s β€œScavengers” is a madcap adventure probing questions of reinvention, the wilderness, and the stories we tell ourselves

Happy Pub Day to @kpboland.bsky.social! Join us next week to celebrate SCAVENGERS.
"But at the end of the day, any attempts to control the land are just hubris. We can permanently change the land, absolutely. But can you control it? I don’t think so."
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13.01.2026 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The front cover of a novel called Scavengers by Kathleen Boland. Illustration of a tree in the desert with blue map lines.

The front cover of a novel called Scavengers by Kathleen Boland. Illustration of a tree in the desert with blue map lines.

Wrapping up my 2025 reading year with this fabulous novel by the equally fabulous @kpboland.bsky.social It is beautifully written and hilarious, with Utah desert landscape and characters and hidden treasure! It comes out January 13 2026.

01.01.2026 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Review | A novel inspired by a real-life treasure hunt illuminates the American West In Kathleen Boland’s β€œScavengers,” a struggling woman sets out with her erratic mother in search of buried loot.

Last review of 2025 is a 2026 preview, of Kathleen Boland’s forthcoming debut novel SCAVENGERSβ€”a hilarious and moving mother-daughter portrait in the form of a Wild West treasure hunt: wapo.st/4bcjrRn

30.12.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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