We’re grateful to Brenda O’Brien, Readers and Reference Librarian at the Woodbridge Public Library, for posting a brief and glowing review of PATAGONIAN ROAD! The Woodbridge Library, located in Woodbridge, Illinois, posts frequent reviews of books large and small. Brenda writes: Kate McCahill brings the reader along on her yearlong journey through Central and South America, roughly following by bus the journey Paul Theroux made decades […]
I couldn’t be more thrilled to read about my own book in the pages of my beloved alma mater’s quarterly magazine. I love you, Wellesley! Special thanks to Kate Erickson (@katefromky) for the thoughtful and sensitive review. “Patagonian Road is a sprawling tale built of present-tense vignettes and vivid flashbacks, rooting the year of discovery in deeply personal ground. Her memoir stands alone. McCahill’s Finnish […]
Click here for NewPages’ review of PATAGONIAN ROAD! Kelly Sauvage Angel writes, “I owe [McCahill] a debt of gratitude for inspiring me to step back from life as I know it, complete with deadlines, bottom lines, and intertwining timelines, and determine for myself whether there might be another way to navigate the second half of my life, one in which “Nothing matters more than this […]
We were thrilled to wake up to a fresh and tasty review from the one and only LIBRARY JOURNAL. Benjamin Malczewski writes: But where Theroux is confined to the rails – no immersion – McCahill plunges in, body and soul. Although this road has been trodden, the author’s journey and insights…have a presence and immediacy…She considers the reciprocity between traveler and local; the inward exploration […]
Keep your eyes peeled for Booklist’s review of PATAGONIAN ROAD! “A compelling addition to the growing genre of solo travelogues by women who end their journeys stronger, more self-aware, and more connected to the world.” —Emily Dziuban, Booklist
See my glowing Foreword Review by Kristine Morris, here! Thanks to Foreword for your kind and generous words.
Featuring Kate McCahill, who will read from PATAGONIAN ROAD. Thursday, May 4, 2017 SFCC Library All are welcome | refreshments will be served!
Click here to enter to win a free copy of PATAGONIAN ROAD! My memoir is eligible for a Goodreads Giveaway during the month of February. Thanks for entering to win!
Kate McCahill is joined by Andrew Gifford, Anna Leahy and Douglas Dechow, Christina Olson, Daniel Ford, A.A. Blaskovitz, and Sadie Hoagland for a special reading event. 8 PM, Friday, February 10. Sudhouse | 1340 U Street NW | Washington, DC
Thanks to a professional development grant from the Santa Fe Community College’s Foundation Funds, I’ll be held in Washington, D.C. from February 9-11. I’ll be there with copies of PATAGONIAN ROAD, as well as the 2016 issue of the SANTA FE LITERARY REVIEW. See you at AWP!
Aspen Matis, author of GIRL IN THE WOODS, has endorsed PATAGONIAN ROAD. I couldn’t be more pleased. Matis is an advocate, an artist, and a survivor. Truly, I’m thrilled. PATAGONIAN ROAD is vivid, thrilling, earnest—and, above all, empowering. You’ll find in these pages your own potential for a beautiful adventure. Aspen Matis, GIRL IN THE WOODS
Listen up, dear readers! Abigail Adler has featured yours truly on her weekly radio program, THE LAST WORD. Abigail Adler is a journalist with decades of experience covering issues in New Mexico. She was a reporter, moderator and anchor for Channel 13 News and Channel 2 News, Santa Fe in the 1980s. Abigail has also worked extensively as a photo-journalist and print journalist. She began […]
PATAGONIAN ROAD: A YEAR ALONE THROUGH LATIN AMERICA One woman’s solo journey from Guatemala to Argentina provides the backdrop for this empowering travel memoir. “McCahill is a blues traveler, singing for citizens of the world who have no public voice. She depicts beauty within despair, allowing us to hear a comforting melody in an unsettling breeze and see the gorgeous colors within a bruise.” — […]
The Rumpus, my (your?) go-to for anything literary, arsty, current, and smart, sends a shout-out my way! Thanks to Jake Slovis in his little excerpt (of mine!!) entitled “The Sealed Literary World.”
