Travis Kennedy
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New episode! Insights into spy craft & glam metal with Travis Kennedy @traviskennedy.bsky.social & his novel, The Whyte Python World Tour @doubledaybooks.bsky.social. Now available on all the usual podcast platforms & here: abookanditsauthor.libsyn.com/069-the-whyt...
A Book & Its Author: 069: The Whyte Python World Tour by Travis Kennedy
Travis Kennedy discusses and reads from his debut novel, The Whyte Python World Tour (Doubleday, 2025), wherein the CIA exploits a glam metal band as part of a psy-op to destabilize communist countrie...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
New episode! Insights into spy craft & glam metal with Travis Kennedy @traviskennedy.bsky.social & his novel, The Whyte Python World Tour @doubledaybooks.bsky.social. Now available on all the usual podcast platforms & here: abookanditsauthor.libsyn.com/069-the-whyt...
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I've been to the pub, I'm home, the fire is crackling nicely in the grate, I'm drinking champagne and reading @traviskennedy.bsky.social's fantastic The Whyte Python World Tour and loving every page.
The early bits brought back happy memories of the Croydon metal scene in the 90s. 🤘
The early bits brought back happy memories of the Croydon metal scene in the 90s. 🤘
November 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I've been to the pub, I'm home, the fire is crackling nicely in the grate, I'm drinking champagne and reading @traviskennedy.bsky.social's fantastic The Whyte Python World Tour and loving every page.
The early bits brought back happy memories of the Croydon metal scene in the 90s. 🤘
The early bits brought back happy memories of the Croydon metal scene in the 90s. 🤘
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A 1980s glam metal band goes on tour across the Eastern Bloc to (hilariously) try to destroy authoritarianism—what do you mean you haven’t read it yet?! HOP TO IT! 🎸 @traviskennedy.bsky.social @doubledaybooks.bsky.social
This was a five star book for me, another perfect rec from @sgj.bsky.social 🤘
This was a five star book for me, another perfect rec from @sgj.bsky.social 🤘
October 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A 1980s glam metal band goes on tour across the Eastern Bloc to (hilariously) try to destroy authoritarianism—what do you mean you haven’t read it yet?! HOP TO IT! 🎸 @traviskennedy.bsky.social @doubledaybooks.bsky.social
This was a five star book for me, another perfect rec from @sgj.bsky.social 🤘
This was a five star book for me, another perfect rec from @sgj.bsky.social 🤘
Thank you Lisa!
Absolutely loved @traviskennedy.bsky.social's Whyte Python World Tour. It's like if Spinal Tap got caught up in the Cold War and the CIA sent them to ensure world peace.
Is there a book you've loved recently?
#Reading #booksbooksbooks #Satire #metalmusic
Is there a book you've loved recently?
#Reading #booksbooksbooks #Satire #metalmusic
September 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Thank you Lisa!
Penguin Michael Joseph distributes The Whyte Python World Tour in the massive UK publishing territory, and they facilitated a great back and forth for me with Ali at Shots Magazine about writing, reading, music, family, and what's next. Enjoy!
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Talking with Whyte Python’s author Travis Kennedy
Very rarely have I enjoyed reading a debut novel [ that contained such an absurd plot ] as I did last week with The Whyte Python World Tou...
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September 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Penguin Michael Joseph distributes The Whyte Python World Tour in the massive UK publishing territory, and they facilitated a great back and forth for me with Ali at Shots Magazine about writing, reading, music, family, and what's next. Enjoy!
wwwshotsmagcouk.blogspot.com/2025/07/talk...
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Lots of really fun fall events are lining up for me and the boys in Whyte Python! (The boys in Whyte Python not guaranteed to appear). We kicked things off Wednesday at the Briar Patch in Bangor, and up next is Books-A-Million in South Portland tomorrow. More dates are likely to fill in, stay tuned!
August 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Lots of really fun fall events are lining up for me and the boys in Whyte Python! (The boys in Whyte Python not guaranteed to appear). We kicked things off Wednesday at the Briar Patch in Bangor, and up next is Books-A-Million in South Portland tomorrow. More dates are likely to fill in, stay tuned!
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This month’s Fic Pick selection is The Whyte Python World Tour by Travis Kennedy 🎸
The book follows the chaotic global tour of a rock band led by the wildly unpredictable Whyte Python. Let us know if we’ll see you on August 27th!
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The book follows the chaotic global tour of a rock band led by the wildly unpredictable Whyte Python. Let us know if we’ll see you on August 27th!
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August 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This month’s Fic Pick selection is The Whyte Python World Tour by Travis Kennedy 🎸
The book follows the chaotic global tour of a rock band led by the wildly unpredictable Whyte Python. Let us know if we’ll see you on August 27th!
📚💙
The book follows the chaotic global tour of a rock band led by the wildly unpredictable Whyte Python. Let us know if we’ll see you on August 27th!
📚💙
Whyte Python has taken Southern California! I had a really fun conversation with Kelli Skye Fadroski about The Whyte Python World Tour, and her fantastic article is running in about a dozen daily newspapers across greater LA.
SoCal friends and fans, check out the print edition this Sunday!
SoCal friends and fans, check out the print edition this Sunday!
Spies, spandex and ’80s hair metal fuel raucous ‘Whyte Python World Tour’
Travis Kennedy’s ‘The Whyte Python World Tour’ combines Sunset Strip shenanigans with international espionage.
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August 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Whyte Python has taken Southern California! I had a really fun conversation with Kelli Skye Fadroski about The Whyte Python World Tour, and her fantastic article is running in about a dozen daily newspapers across greater LA.
SoCal friends and fans, check out the print edition this Sunday!
SoCal friends and fans, check out the print edition this Sunday!
I love seeing The Whyte Python World Tour getting such nice features in bookstores all over the country! Yesterday, I was sent messages from friends within an hour of each other visiting Mitchell's Book Corner on Nantucket Island, MA, and Maria's Bookshop in Durango, CO. Looking good out there!
July 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I love seeing The Whyte Python World Tour getting such nice features in bookstores all over the country! Yesterday, I was sent messages from friends within an hour of each other visiting Mitchell's Book Corner on Nantucket Island, MA, and Maria's Bookshop in Durango, CO. Looking good out there!
Come and get it, KC: "Like you're watching a hair metal video mashed up with an 80's action movie." Thank you Angie Strathman, and KCUR for listing Whyte Python as a top summer title - Kansas City loves its Travis Ks!
A hair metal band recruited by the CIA, fake newlyweds and retellings of "The Great Gatsby" are among the stories selected by Up To Date's panel of readers as the best books to pick up this summer. https://loom.ly/Z6U-GII
July 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Come and get it, KC: "Like you're watching a hair metal video mashed up with an 80's action movie." Thank you Angie Strathman, and KCUR for listing Whyte Python as a top summer title - Kansas City loves its Travis Ks!
I’m loving all the pictures that friends are sending me of The Whyte Python World Tour from all over the country - and this one definitely gives me the feels. Just a couple of hillbillies from Maine, taking on the world together! Thanks Sherman’s Books for the royal placement!
July 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I’m loving all the pictures that friends are sending me of The Whyte Python World Tour from all over the country - and this one definitely gives me the feels. Just a couple of hillbillies from Maine, taking on the world together! Thanks Sherman’s Books for the royal placement!
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"The Whyte Python World Tour is a fun and wild ride of a book."
Karen Bellovich's review of “The Whyte Python World Tour" by Travis Kennedy (@doubledaybooks.bsky.social) is out now.
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Karen Bellovich's review of “The Whyte Python World Tour" by Travis Kennedy (@doubledaybooks.bsky.social) is out now.
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The Power of Music Never Dies in “The Whyte Python World Tour” - Chicago Review of Books
Our review of Travis Kennedy's debut novel, "The Whyte Python World Tour."
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June 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"The Whyte Python World Tour is a fun and wild ride of a book."
Karen Bellovich's review of “The Whyte Python World Tour" by Travis Kennedy (@doubledaybooks.bsky.social) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/06/26/t...
Karen Bellovich's review of “The Whyte Python World Tour" by Travis Kennedy (@doubledaybooks.bsky.social) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/06/26/t...
What an honor! Every new Stephen Graham Jones book is a must read for me- this really means a lot!
Dude, @traviskennedy.bsky.social’s new novel is Slow Horses taking a stroll through Headbangers Ball. I read it slow because I didn’t want it to end. We need more hair metal novels like this.
July 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
What an honor! Every new Stephen Graham Jones book is a must read for me- this really means a lot!
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So THE WHYTE PYTHON WORLD TOUR by @traviskennedy.bsky.social absolutely rips. And by that I mean it's funny and cracky and made me laugh out loud multiple times. I talked to some random dude at an Orange Julius and we both agree it's the book of the summer.
July 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
So THE WHYTE PYTHON WORLD TOUR by @traviskennedy.bsky.social absolutely rips. And by that I mean it's funny and cracky and made me laugh out loud multiple times. I talked to some random dude at an Orange Julius and we both agree it's the book of the summer.
Hey Steve Martin, we did it!
It's a massive honor to make Readworthy's best new humor list at BookBub alongside one of my all-time biggest comedy heroes!
It's a massive honor to make Readworthy's best new humor list at BookBub alongside one of my all-time biggest comedy heroes!
Best New Humor - July 2025 - Readworthy
You’ll love this month’s humor picks — which include a laugh-out-loud collection penned by Steve Martin, a delightfully funny mystery set in a quaint English town, and more!
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July 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Hey Steve Martin, we did it!
It's a massive honor to make Readworthy's best new humor list at BookBub alongside one of my all-time biggest comedy heroes!
It's a massive honor to make Readworthy's best new humor list at BookBub alongside one of my all-time biggest comedy heroes!
Huge thanks to the Chicago Review of Books for this total shredder of a review for The Whyte Python World Tour:
The Power of Music Never Dies in “The Whyte Python World Tour” - Chicago Review of Books
Our review of Travis Kennedy's debut novel, "The Whyte Python World Tour."
chireviewofbooks.com
June 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Huge thanks to the Chicago Review of Books for this total shredder of a review for The Whyte Python World Tour:
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Oh, man, The Whyte Python World Tour beat me to this dialogue tomfoolery. Been wanting to do it to make fun of … I’m not sure: the world? Which is why I hadn’t done it yet (just surface/no heart). But, I probably couldn’t have done it this well anyway. Puts me in mind of Pynchon’s “sez.”
June 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Oh, man, The Whyte Python World Tour beat me to this dialogue tomfoolery. Been wanting to do it to make fun of … I’m not sure: the world? Which is why I hadn’t done it yet (just surface/no heart). But, I probably couldn’t have done it this well anyway. Puts me in mind of Pynchon’s “sez.”
The Whyte Python World Tour is one of @peoplemag.bsky.social People Magazine’s 100 reasons to love America!!! @doubledaybooks.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
#thewhytepythonworldtour #summerreads #debutauthor
#thewhytepythonworldtour #summerreads #debutauthor
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June 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The Whyte Python World Tour is one of @peoplemag.bsky.social People Magazine’s 100 reasons to love America!!! @doubledaybooks.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
#thewhytepythonworldtour #summerreads #debutauthor
#thewhytepythonworldtour #summerreads #debutauthor
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Join us for the book launch for @traviskennedy.bsky.social's THE WHYTE PYTHON WORLD TOUR on Tuesday, June 24 at 7pm right here at Print!
June 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Join us for the book launch for @traviskennedy.bsky.social's THE WHYTE PYTHON WORLD TOUR on Tuesday, June 24 at 7pm right here at Print!
WHOA! Books-A-Million has listed THE WHYTE PYTHON WORLD TOUR as one of "the best books of June" alongside the latest from Taylor Jenkins Reid and S.A. Cosby! @booksamillion.bsky.social
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May 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
WHOA! Books-A-Million has listed THE WHYTE PYTHON WORLD TOUR as one of "the best books of June" alongside the latest from Taylor Jenkins Reid and S.A. Cosby! @booksamillion.bsky.social
@doubledaybooks.bsky.social
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
www.booksamillion.com/newnow
@doubledaybooks.bsky.social
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
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Huge thanks to the immensely talented Cory Doctorrow, author of the bestselling, award winning book Little Brother; and Cindy Burnett, host of Thoughts From a Page, for their generous quotes supporting THE WHYTE PYTHON WORLD TOUR! @doubledaybooks.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Huge thanks to the immensely talented Cory Doctorrow, author of the bestselling, award winning book Little Brother; and Cindy Burnett, host of Thoughts From a Page, for their generous quotes supporting THE WHYTE PYTHON WORLD TOUR! @doubledaybooks.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
One writer, one reader - this week, huge thanks to Lincoln Child - author of over 25 NY Times bestsellers and counting! - and Cathy on Goodreads for their really kind comments about THE WHYTE PYTHON WORLD TOUR. You can read the full blurbs at whytepython.com
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May 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
One writer, one reader - this week, huge thanks to Lincoln Child - author of over 25 NY Times bestsellers and counting! - and Cathy on Goodreads for their really kind comments about THE WHYTE PYTHON WORLD TOUR. You can read the full blurbs at whytepython.com
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
Penguin Random House is holding a free contest to win twelve of the summer's hottest reads... including The Whyte Python World Tour! Enter for free at the link! sites.prh.com/brrsummerswe...
Enter Our Summer Reading Sweepstakes! - Penguin Random House
One lucky winner will recieve a bundle of 12 of the hottest must-reads for summer and a tote bag - perfect for carrying books to the beach!
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May 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Penguin Random House is holding a free contest to win twelve of the summer's hottest reads... including The Whyte Python World Tour! Enter for free at the link! sites.prh.com/brrsummerswe...
Following up onPenguin Random House's most anticipated fiction of this summer - they've now listed The Whyte Python World Tour in their most anticipated list of ALL books this summer! @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #thewhytepythonworldtour
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May 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Following up onPenguin Random House's most anticipated fiction of this summer - they've now listed The Whyte Python World Tour in their most anticipated list of ALL books this summer! @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #thewhytepythonworldtour
I'm deeply honored that Penguin Random House
has listed The Whyte Python World Tour as one of the Most Anticipated Fiction Books of Summer 2025! @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
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has listed The Whyte Python World Tour as one of the Most Anticipated Fiction Books of Summer 2025! @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
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The Most Anticipated Fiction of Summer 2025 | Penguin Random House
From debuts to new stories from beloved authors, these are the most anticipated fiction books coming Summer 2025!
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April 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I'm deeply honored that Penguin Random House
has listed The Whyte Python World Tour as one of the Most Anticipated Fiction Books of Summer 2025! @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/the-read-dow...
has listed The Whyte Python World Tour as one of the Most Anticipated Fiction Books of Summer 2025! @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/the-read-dow...