Kathleen Boland
@kpboland.bsky.social
author of SCAVENGERS, out 1/13/2026 🌀🏜️✨
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Briefly Noted Book Reviews
Short reviews of recent releases.
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"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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SCAVENGERS in the New Yorker's Briefly Noted!
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
@vikingbooks.bsky.social
"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!
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SCAVENGERS named one of @peoplemag.bsky.social's Best Books of January!
people.com/people-best-... @vikingbooks.bsky.social
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.
people.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:40 PM
"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
SCAVENGERS named one of @peoplemag.bsky.social's Best Books of January!
people.com/people-best-... @vikingbooks.bsky.social
"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...
@vikingbooks.bsky.social
SCAVENGERS in the New Yorker's Briefly Noted!
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
@vikingbooks.bsky.social
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
Short reviews of recent releases.
www.newyorker.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:38 PM
"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...
@vikingbooks.bsky.social
SCAVENGERS in the New Yorker's Briefly Noted!
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
@vikingbooks.bsky.social
Reposted by Kathleen Boland
“I didn’t find myself. Instead, I found an obsession.” @kpboland.bsky.social on getting lost (as a writing practice).
Kathleen Boland on Getting Lost (as a Writing Practice)
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. The advice to “write what you know” presumes you know what you know. From Jesus to Wordsworth, people wandered into the wi…
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January 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM
“I didn’t find myself. Instead, I found an obsession.” @kpboland.bsky.social on getting lost (as a writing practice).
Reposted by Kathleen Boland
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...
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...
January 14, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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...
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...
Reposted by Kathleen Boland
Details and RSVP for our event with Boland and Kate Folk next week at the link below:
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January 13, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Details and RSVP for our event with Boland and Kate Folk next week at the link below:
greenapplebooks.com/event/2026-0...
greenapplebooks.com/event/2026-0...
Reposted by Kathleen Boland
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."
electricliterature.com/a-mother-dau...
"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."
electricliterature.com/a-mother-dau...
A Mother-Daughter Novel That Transforms the Western - Electric Literature
Kathleen Boland’s “Scavengers” is a madcap adventure probing questions of reinvention, the wilderness, and the stories we tell ourselves
electricliterature.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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."
electricliterature.com/a-mother-dau...
"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."
electricliterature.com/a-mother-dau...
Reposted by Kathleen Boland
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.
January 1, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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.
Reposted by Kathleen Boland
Last review of 2025 is a 2026 preview, of Kathleen Boland’s forthcoming debut novel SCAVENGERS—a hilarious and moving mother-daughter portrait in the form of a Wild West treasure hunt: wapo.st/4bcjrRn
Review | A novel inspired by a real-life treasure hunt illuminates the American West
In Kathleen Boland’s “Scavengers,” a struggling woman sets out with her erratic mother in search of buried loot.
wapo.st
December 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Last review of 2025 is a 2026 preview, of Kathleen Boland’s forthcoming debut novel SCAVENGERS—a hilarious and moving mother-daughter portrait in the form of a Wild West treasure hunt: wapo.st/4bcjrRn