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Brattleboro Literary Festival @vtbookfest.bsky.social · 20d

Help us welcome back @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social to the #BrattleboroLiteraryFestival! Her latest book, The Scrapbook, was published in June. Photo of H. Clark by Beowulf Sheehan. Join us Oct 17-19 in downtown Brattleboro, VT. Events are FREE & open to the public. #HeatherClark #fiction #books

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gabriellakd.bsky.social @gabriellakd.bsky.social · 23d

'Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath'
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'Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath'

Biographers in Conversation interview with Heather Clark is now live!

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Heather Clark @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social · 24d

Three months out! Thank you to everyone who has read, shared, and championed THE SCRAPBOOK. I know how rare it is for a debut novel to get this kind of attention, and I’m very grateful. I didn’t think the book would be so timely when I wrote it. I wish it wasn’t. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/b...

He Locked Away Wartime Memories Until His Granddaughter Opened the Pages

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Washington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social · Sep 10

Podcast: Heather Clark. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/aut... @pantheonbooks.bsky.social @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social #booksky #podcast

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Heather Clark @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social · Sep 7

Delighted to wander into Barnes & Noble and see this…

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Jon @jonw67.bsky.social · Aug 29

I picked up "The Scrapbook" by @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social in Ireland last week. I've just finished it, and it really is quite the best novel I've read in many years.

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Heather Clark @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social · Aug 29

Wonderful to hear this—thanks very much!

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West Cork Literary Festival @wcorklitfest.bsky.social · Aug 25

We love this @irishexaminer.bsky.social interview between @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social and Sue Leonard which arose out of their event at WCLF last month. The Scrapbook is a fantastic read
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

Author interview: ‘I took a risk publishing this book but it meant a lot to me’

Heather Clark's 'The Scrapbook' shines a light on what men bore witness to as soldiers in the Second World War

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TripFiction @tripfiction.bsky.social · Jul 28

The Scrapbook by @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social

Set in Germany
And reading it in Germany for a sense of true #literarywanderlust

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The Scrapbook by Heather Clark Doing what it says on the proverbial TRIPFICTION tin and reading this novel set all around Germany whilst actually in Germany #tripfiction #travelbybook #triplit #destin...

TikTok video by TripFiction

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Heather Clark @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social · Jul 19

To be called “Sebaldian” in the TLS 🙏

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Heather Clark @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social · Jul 19

Thanks @shelfawareness.bsky.social for choosing THE SCRAPBOOK as one of this week’s best books: “Heather Clark’s first novel is a finely wrought, subtle love story burdened by the weight of the past.”

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Heather Clark @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social · Jul 12

Grateful for this sophisticated and perceptive review of THE SCRAPBOOK in this week’s TLS.

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Heather Clark @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social · Jul 9

I’m in England for less than 48 hours, but I had to go up to Yorkshire to pay my respects. ❤️

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Heather Clark @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social · Jul 9

So glad I had the chance to discuss THE SCRAPBOOK at the American Book Center in Amsterdam!

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Julie Phillips @julie-phillips.com · Jul 5

This Tuesday at 4:00 at the American Book Center in Amsterdam I'll join @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social (author of Red Comet) for a reading from her novel The Scrapbook, about first love, family history, and the legacy of the Second World War.

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An afternoon with Heather Clark: The Scrapbook, talk and signing

Join us for a signing and chat with award winning author, Heather Clark. She’ll be discussing her new novel, The Scrapbook. A complex look at the aftershocks of WW2 that still affect relationships, fa...

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West Cork Literary Festival @wcorklitfest.bsky.social · Jul 2

Really interesting conversation with "literary scholar Heather Clark about moving from biography to novel-writing". @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social will be talking about her debut novel The Scrapbook in Bantry Library on Sat 12 July as part of WCLF #FreeEvent
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Heather Clark Part II: Maybe you don’t have to “stay in your lane”

We speak with literary scholar Heather Clark about moving from biography to novel-writing, why it can be helpful to move back and forth between non-fiction and fiction, and why academic writers might ...

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Heather Clark @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social · Jun 28

THE SCRAPBOOK is one of the Washington Post’s top five summer historical fiction books www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

5 works of historical fiction to read this summer

Our picks include new novels by Hazel Gaynor, Nell Stevens, Meg Waite Clayton, Norman Lock and Heather Clark.

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Heather Clark @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social · Jun 23

THE SCRAPBOOK is one of People Magazine’s top three June picks! people.com/peoples-best...

PEOPLE’s Best Books of June 2025: Nail-biting Thrillers, Moving Lit Fic and More New Releases

See PEOPLE's picks for the best books of June 2025, including new novels from Taylor Jenkins Reid, Danielle Allen and more.

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Jeremy Wang-Iverson @jwi.bsky.social · Jun 23

@heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social in Prague on July 3!

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West Cork Literary Festival @wcorklitfest.bsky.social · Jun 23

The Scrapbook is such a great read! Published in July just in time for @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social's visit to WCLF on 12 July #FreeEvent #BantryLibrary @jonathancape.bsky.social www.westcorkmusic.ie/events/2025/...

Heather Clark @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social · Jun 20

THE SCRAPBOOK is the #2 best reviewed novel in America this week! bookmarks.reviews/the-best-rev...

The Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Catherine Lacey, Michelle Huneven, ABBA, and more

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Heather Clark @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social · Jun 22

The world is on fire but I’m taking a moment to sit with this story by Celia McGee about my grandfather’s WWII scrapbook, and the ways it inspired my novel, in this week’s @nytimesart.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/b...

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Heather Clark @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social · Jun 20

THE SCRAPBOOK is the #2 best reviewed novel in America this week! bookmarks.reviews/the-best-rev...

The Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Catherine Lacey, Michelle Huneven, ABBA, and more

bookmarks.reviews

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The Shipman Agency @shipmanagency.bsky.social · Jun 18

Sometimes the NY Times does the right thing! Don't miss this great feature on @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social and get your copy of THE SCRAPBOOK.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/b...

He Locked Away His Wartime Memories Until His Granddaughter Opened the Pages

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Jeremy Wang-Iverson @jwi.bsky.social · Jun 18

Very nice profile of THE SCRAPBOOK author @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social in the @nytimes.com by Celia McGee ‼️

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · Jun 18

“It was the most expensive boarding school in the world, the place where American rock stars and Middle Eastern sheikhs and Russian oligarchs sent their children to polish themselves with a European gloss.” Read from @heatherclarkauthor.bsky.social‬’s new novel, The Scrapbook.

The Scrapbook

It was the most expensive boarding school in the world, the place where American rock stars and Middle Eastern sheikhs and Russian oligarchs sent their children to polish themselves with a European…

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