Thank you to all the writers and journalists who have talked to me about Wild and Distant Seas and the publications that have highlighted my book!
Guest Posts
I Wondered if I’d Been Misjudging Moby Dick: A Guest Post from Tara Karr Roberts – Barnes and Noble Reads, January 11, 2024
Interviews and Features
Finding “Wild and Distant Seas” with Tara Karr Roberts – interview with Sayantani Dasgupta in Crab Creek Review, Oct. 8, 2024
Site-specific play comes to Santa Barbara’s Stearns Wharf – Santa Barbara Independent, August 5, 2024
Q&A with Tara Karr Roberts – Wild & Distant Seas – The Reading Corner, 2024
Moscow author Tara Karr Roberts’ new novel explores a minor Moby Dick character’s life, and the women who succeed her – The Inlander, January 11, 2024
Reimagining ‘Moby-Dick’ – Inland 360, January 10, 2024
Podcasts and Radio
Recent novels may be ‘adjacent’ to Moby-Dick, but take their characters in their ‘own direction’ – New England Public Media, Oct. 2, 2024
‘Wild and Distant Seas’: An author interview with Idaho author Tara Karr Roberts – Boise State Public Radio, March 14, 2024
Local author to discuss debut novel, teach historical fiction research – Spokane Public Radio, February 29, 2024
Wild and Distant Seas – Interview with Tara Karr Roberts – Book Hoes Podcast, February 28, 2024
Jan. 11, 2024: “Wild & Distant Seas,” Spokane Jewish Film Fest, SAGA souk – Spokane Public Radio, January 11, 2024
Tara Karr Roberts on her ‘Moby-Dick’-inspired novel, ‘Wild and Distant Seas’ – NPR Marginalia podcast, January 2, 2024
Reviews
Melville’s ‘Moby-Dick’ inspires a spinoff novel with women at the core – The Christian Science Monitor, January 1, 2024
Wild and Distant Seas – Library Journal, January, 2024
Wild and Distant Seas – Starred Review – Book List, January, 2024
Wild and Distant Seas – Starred Review – Publisher’s Weekly, January, 2024
Wild and Distant Seas Book Summary and Review – BookBrowse, January, 2024
Lists
10 Historical Fiction Retellings From Austen to Shakespeare – BookRiot, September 13, 2024
Best-ish Books: On Book Lists and a 21st Century Book List for the Northwest – Spokane Public Library, August 8, 2024
17 Books Set on and Around Cape Cod – BookBub, July 26, 2024
Buzzy Debut Novels from the First Half of 2024 – Goodreads, June 6, 2024
Reading List: Call Her Evangeline – The Inlander, March 1, 2024
13 Short Books to Read on Leap Day – Book Bub, February 22, 2024
What to Read in 2024: Top Picks from Local Bookstores – San Diego Magazine, February 7, 2024
Winter-worthy Reads – Boulder Magazine, February 5, 2024
Wild seas and alien wonder: Get carried away with January’s best books – The Christian Science Monitor, January 22, 2024
The Best New Novels to Read This January – Oprah Daily, January 18, 2024
New York cults! Lawrence of Arabia! 18 new books out today. – Literary Hub, January 2, 2024
January 2024 Most Anticipated New Book Releases – Read Between the Spines, January, 2024
My Reading Theme for 2024: The Ocean – Grace Rajendran, January, 2024
The January Books That the Goodreads Editors Can’t Wait to Read – Goodreads, December 28, 2023
Our Most Anticipated Books of January 2024 – Read Between the Spines, December 26, 2024
Book Festivals
Harbor Springs Festival of the Book announces confirmed presenters for this year’s event – Harbor Light News, July 3, 2024
Margaret Atwood joins other authors at upcoming Nantucket Book Festival – MassLive News, April 24, 2024
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