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julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social
@julianzabalbeascoa.bsky.social
Debut novel WHAT WE TRIED TO BURY GROWS HERE published Nov. 12, 2024 by Two Dollar Radio.
https://twodollarradio.com/collections/forthcoming/products/what-we-tried-to-bury
What We Tried To Bury Grows Here is now an audiobook!

Gary Tiedemann and Raquel Beattie have turned in powerful performances! Many thanks to them and everyone else at Tantor involved in this production.

You can purchase it wherever audiobooks are sold. May it be your song of the summer!
July 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I don’t often drink blackcurrant sours, but when I do, I drink A Life Anew…a beer brewed by Hot Plate Brewing Co. and inspired by my story in @onestorymag.bsky.social, which appears in a modified form in What We Tried to Bury Grows Here (@twodollarradio.bsky.social).
Stay thirsty, my friends.
May 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If you're anywhere in/near LA, I'll be in conversation with three incredible authors at the LA Times Festival of Books at 10:30 this morning.
April 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Time was no friend of mine at Bookshop West Portal. The hour with @mrhwm.bsky.social passed in a few minutes. Could have kept it going into the early morning. Many thanks to the Basque Educational Organization for sponsoring the event and to all those who attended!
April 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
For those in the Bay Area, I will be at the SF Basque Cultural Center today, April 13, presenting on & signing copies of my novel at 2:30 pm. Then, tomorrow, I'm over at Book Shop West Portal at 7 pm, where I'll be in conversation with @mrhwm.bsky.social!
April 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I'm at Southern New Hampshire University today chatting it up with the amazing David Moloney ("Barker House"). If you're in the neighborhood, pop on by!
March 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
What We Tried to Bury Grows Here is a @latimes.com Book Prize finalist!
Mila esker to the LA Times Book Prize, their panel of writers, and the team at @twodollarradio.bsky.social for making this possible. And congratulations to my fellow nominees. I’m honored & overjoyed to be in their company.
February 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Thank you, Brad L of @harvardbookstore.bsky.social for making What We Tried to Bury Grows Here a Staff Pick!
www.harvard.com/book/9781953...
February 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Survived the year’s first big storm. Proof of life? Me with Alida Becker’s review of What We Tried to Bury Grows Here in today’s New York Times Book Review.

Mila esker, Alida Becker, @nytimes.com, and all at @twodollarradio.bsky.social!
February 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I'm suspicious of any year-end best of list that doesn't include The Borrowed Hills by @scottprestonauthor.bsky.social and Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon.
December 28, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Tomorrow (Dec. 4) I'm discussing What We Tried to Bury Grows Here with @agnimagazine.bsky.social's Bill Pierce over at @odysseybks.bsky.social. I hope you can join us.
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/julian-zab...
December 4, 2024 at 1:26 AM
For my last What We Tried to Bury Grows Here event this year in New England, I’m excited to be at @odysseybks.bsky.social in South Hadley, MA, with the one and only William Pierce, co-editor of @agnimagazine.bsky.social, on Wednesday, December 4th at 7 pm.
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/julian-zab...
December 1, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Thank you to all who braved the snow and icy Fargoan sidewalks yesterday to listen to a few passages from What We Tried to Bury Grows Here (@twodollarradio.bsky.social), ask questions, and get books signed at Ferguson Books & More. All so greatly appreciated!
November 27, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Fargo, I’ll be at Ferguson Books & More on Tuesday, November 26th, reading from What We Tried to Bury Grows Here, taking questions, signing books, and sipping on Spanish wine. Won’t you join me (and drink some wine)? The show begins at 6 pm. Would love to see you there!
November 24, 2024 at 4:15 PM
What an honor to share the stage with Kirmen Uribe at McNally Jackson Seaport as we chatted about What We Tried to Bury Grows Here. Thank you to all who braved the lousy weather, asked wonderful questions, had books signed. And thank you to all McNally Jackson for connecting readers with the novel.
November 23, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Busted out the good juice to prep for my reading at McNally Jackson Seaport with Kirmen Uribe. If you're in NYC, hope to see you there!
www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/julian...
November 21, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Many thanks to lala books in downtown Lowell, to all who attended and asked questions and bought copies of What We Tried to Bury Grows Here, and to the always brilliant David Moloney (“Barker House”) for the wonderful questions. Read Barker House!
November 20, 2024 at 11:30 PM
I'll be in conversation with Kirmen Uribe Thursday at 6:30 pm at McNally Jackson Seaport about my debut novel What We Tried to Bury Grows Here (@twodollarradio.bsky.social) and would love to see you there!
RSVP: www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/julian...
November 19, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Signed copies of What We Tried to Bury Grows Here (@twodollarradio.bsky.social) are available at Greenlight Bookstore!
November 16, 2024 at 3:58 PM
My deepest gratitude to Daniel Loedel (“Hades, Argentina”) and all at Greenlight Bookstore for such a special evening! Thank you, as well, to those who attended, asked questions, and purchased copies of What We Tried to Bury Grows Here.
November 16, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Thank you to all at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social and Andre Dubus III for such a magical night launching my novel What We Tried to Bury Grows Here @twodollarradio.bsky.social! And thank you to everyone who attended, asked questions, and chatted with me afterwards. I'm warmed by it all. Mila esker!
November 14, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Thank you to all at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social for selecting What We Tried to Bury Grows Here (@twodollarradio.bsky.social) for their Signed New Voices In Fiction First Edition Club! It's an absolute honor!
I'll be at Harvard Book Store today at 7 pm with Andre Dubus III. Love to see you there!
November 13, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Thirteen years in the making, and it’s finally here! Publication day for What We Tried to Bury Grows Here, published by @twodollarradio.bsky.social! Thank you to everyone who made this possible. I’m filled with nothing but gratitude.
November 12, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Look, Ma, top of this page of the @bostonglobe.bsky.social! It was medicine for the soul speaking with @katekilla.bsky.social about the Spanish Civil War, the Basque Country, America today, and my novel What We Tried to Bury Grows Here, which comes out on Tuesday.
November 10, 2024 at 11:51 PM