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Hope C. Tarr
@hopectarr.bsky.social
Author of the American Songbook series: IRISH EYES and STARDUST from @joffebooks.bsky.social.
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Thrilled to announce that both IRISH EYES and STARDUST will be avail as audiobooks via the fabulous @tantoraudio.bsky.social ! 🍾🍾 #histfic #americansongbookseries
Happy Book Birthday to historical thriller author, Max Eastern! Ever since I wrote STARDUST, I've been obsessed with all things #WW2. Eastern's RED SNOW IN WINTER is at the very top of my #TBR pile. 📖🎂
RED SNOW IN WINTER, the espionage thriller I edited, goes on sale TOMORROW! Very excited. And proud to share this endorsement quote from espionage fiction author Gabriel Valjan #histfic #thriller www.amazon.com/Red-Snow-Win...
December 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Before there was Andrew Lloyd Weber, there was Hoagy Carmichael, composer of more than 50 hit songs starting with STARDUST. Check out my History with Hope Substack on the amazing Mr. C and enter to win a signed paperback copy of The Versailles Formula by @nancycb.bsky.social tinyurl.com/5cb8tans
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Mt Washington Hotel, site of the Bretton Woods Con of 1944 and reputedly super haunted. Also, congrats to Marilyn Berkman, winner of my Oct book giveaway: AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: Haunted History Stranger Than Fiction by @leannareneehieber.bsky.social & Andrea Janes @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social
The Mount Washington Hotel
Plus, Congratulations, Contest Winner!
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November 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Celebrating Spooky Season with a book giveaway: America’s Most Gothic: Haunted History Stranger Than Fiction by writer pal leannareneehieber.bsky.social co-written with Andrea Janes! Deets in my Substack. Hurry, contest closes 10/30! open.substack.com/pub/hopectar...
Happy Month o' Ghosts and Ghouls
Halloween History Roundup + Book Giveaway
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October 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Big smoochy thanks to @saltybookworm.bsky.social for having me back to Thunder Road Books in Spring Lake NJ last Saturday. We sold a ton o’ copies of Stardust; 10 signed copies are left in store. #histfic #historicalfiction #writerlife
October 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
For a limited time, get the STARDUST ebook on #kindle for just 99cents! Link in Bio.
August 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Thrilled to announce that both IRISH EYES and STARDUST will be avail as audiobooks via the fabulous @tantoraudio.bsky.social ! 🍾🍾 #histfic #americansongbookseries
July 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Last Saturday’s signing at Barnes & Noble in Brick, NJ was a blast - and a great way to kick off beach read season! We sold out of IRISH EYES but there are 6 *signed* copies of STARDUST left in store.
June 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Enjoy my latest History With Hope newsletter on "Real Clothes, Real Lives" at @nyhistory.bsky.social . open.substack.com/pub/hopectar... #historywithhope #historymatters
A Tale of Two Museums
Part II: "Real Clothes, Real Lives" at The New York Historical Society
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June 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Join me tomorrow, Saturday June 14 when I return to my beloved Thunder Road Books to sign STARDUST - and IRISH EYES too! Bonus: the annual Spring Lake Irish Festival will be taking place too, so get your signed book and then make a day of it! Deets & directions: calendar.boomte.ch/single/tA8U1...
June 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This week on "History With Hope," I take you inside NYC's Neue Galerie, home to Gustav Klimt's "Woman in Gold." open.substack.com/pub/hopectar... #historymatters #historywithhope
June 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Thanks to the Racquet Readers Book Club for hosting me yesterday! We chatted all things IRISH EYES, I teased a bit of the sequel, STARDUST, and then we dined on a delicious dinner of Irish Stew and other goodies themed to the book. #bookclub #histfic
May 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Critical praise from esteemed colleagues is the sweetest! So thrilled to receive this lovely review from author Kate Braithwaite for the Historical Novel Society.
May 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Had such a lovely time yesterday introducing my dear friend, bestselling author Fiona Davis, at the annual luncheon of the College Club of Northern NJ. 285 guests turned out to hear Fiona speak and to support the organization’s mission: awarding educational grants to deserving young students!
April 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Thanks to everyone who turned out for my STARDUST book signing at Barnes & Noble Upper West Side. It was a fairytale evening in every way! We sold a ton o’ books AND there are signed copies left in store.
April 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Tonight’s the night! Join me at Barnes & Noble UWS Manhattan for a signing of my new #histfic release, STARDUST. The fun starts at 6pm. #newrelease #booktour @barnesandnoble.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
For this week’s History With Hope newsletter, I wrote about “A Librarian’s Legacy,” the wonderful exhibition on Belle da Costa Greene at The Morgan Library. hopectarr.substack.com/p/belle-da-c...
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April 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This year, as I do every year, I wrote about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of March 25, 1911, a watershed moment in U.S. labor reform and, fitting for March as #WomensHistoryMonth, a movement helmed by women. tinyurl.com/2fm2a2ph #historywithhope #historymatters
Remembering The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The Workplace Disaster That Changed the Landscape of U.S. Labor Reform
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March 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Learn about St. Patrick's Day 1899 in NYC and enjoy this free excerpt from IRISH EYES.
Happy St. Patrick's Day
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March 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Had so much fun on Saturday signing copies of Stardust and Irish Eyes at @barnesandnoble.com in Brick NJ! Stardust sold out but there are copies of Irish Eyes left in store. #americansongbookseries #irisheyesbook #stardustbook #newrelease #booktour
March 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Meet me in Las Vegas! So thrilled to be presenting “Reinventing the Historical Saga” at the @hnsnorthamerica.bsky.social conference at Caesars Palace this June 26-28. Bonus: I’ll be signing both Irish Eyes and Stardust at the Saturday book signing!!
March 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Capping release week for Stardust with a sale: the Irish Eyes ebook for 99 cents! Time limited offer. #bookbub #booksale #histfic #kindle #americansongbookseries
February 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Hi Friends! It's Release Day for STARDUST, the second book in my American Songbook series! 🍾🍾🍾

“STARDUST shines brilliantly!” - Fiona Davis, NYT bestselling author of The Stolen Queen.

Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DT4S3PHM

Barnes & Noble: tinyurl.com/bdcwp6r5

Bookshop: tinyurl.com/57rcp2fd
Stardust: A sweeping historical novel of love, secrets and betrayal during WW2 (The American Songbook Series)
Amazon.com: Stardust: A sweeping historical novel of love, secrets and betrayal during WW2 (The American Songbook Series) eBook : Tarr, Hope C.: Kindle Store
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February 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In the run up to Valentine’s and Galentine’s, I had so much fun visiting with the lovely ladies of the Women of Irish Heritage Jersey Shore. I gave a talk celebrating resilience, self-belief and the enduring appeal of scrappy (Irish) underdogs.
February 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It’s time for a Cover Reveal! Introducing STARDUST, the sequel to Irish Eyes and the next installment in my American Songbook series for @joffebooks.bsky.social 🍾🍾🍾 🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾
#histfic #coverreveal #preorder #stardustbook #irisheyesbook #ww2 #historywithhope #paris @leannareneehieber.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM