Featured Press
Online:
- The New York Times Book Review, September 7, 2016
- Huffington Post’s “The Best Memoirs of 2016”
- Oprah.com, Moving Memoirs You Must Read
- BarkPost Review, “How My Dog Saved Me From Myself” (30,000 shares!)
- Daily Mail, UK , “Bunker gave me a reason to live”
- New York Post, “My Dog ‘Cured’ My Depression”
- The-Pool.com, “How writing about my dog saved me after his death”
- Dame Magazine, “Can The Love of a Dog Be as Powerful as an Anti-Depressant?” Interview by Julie Klam.
- Ravishly.com, “People We Love”
- Kirkus Reviews Feature
- sweatpantsandcoffee.com, Interview by Jordan Rosenfeld
- Julie Barton Think Piece Interview
- Local Publisher Adam Wahlberg Scores a Hit with Julie Barton’s Dog Medicine
- Library Journal Memoir Roundup
- Coffee with a Canine
- ohmidog.com Recommended Reading
- brainline.org, Can Animals Help Us Heal?
Podcasts/ Radio:
- Dear Sugars with Cheryl Strayed and Steve Almond
- Dog-Eared with Lisa Davis
- Minnesota Public Radio with Kerri Miller
- Wisconsin Public Radio, The Kathleen Dunn Show
- KPBS NPR in San Diego with Maureen Cavenaugh on Midday Edition
- KWMR, Turning Pages with Joy
- NPR, “Air Talk” on KPCC
- KINK FM with Sheila Hamilton
- Literary Speaking with Crystal-Lee Quibel.
- Depression Relieved by Golden Puppy with Tracie Hotchner, the Radio Pet Lady.
- Write The Book with Shelagh Shapiro
- RadioMD with Melanie Cole
- America Meditating Radio with Sister Jenna
- BlogTalk Radio with Edie Summers
- Radio Health Journal
Newspaper:
- The New York Times Book Review, September 7, 2016
- A Golden Retriever heals a broken heart and mind, by Linda Wilson Fuoco, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Pets as therapists: Exploring the emotional benefits of dogs, cats by Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune & Syndicated Nationwide.
- New York Post, “My Dog ‘Cured’ My Depression”
- #MindYourself: The healing power of animals, Irish Independent
- San Jose Mercury News: Holiday Gift Ideas
Magazines:
- Diablo Magazine, “Gift These Books By Local Authors”
- Bark Magazine
Awards:
- Best Books of 2015, Subtext Books
- Best Books of 2015, Swenson Books
- #1 Book Club Pick, for November from Jennifer Vido, MomTrends.com Book Editor
Past Appearances:
- March 4, 2019, East Bay Women’s Conference
- October 19th, 7PM Reception, 8PM Program @ Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, Best In Show Fundraiser for Berkeley Humane
- Sept 16, 2018, 3PM, Words Off Paper, Copperfield Books in Novato, CA
- Sept 28, 2018, 11:30AM-12:45 PM, Main Stage, Milford Readers and Writer’s Festival, Milford, PA
- April 14, 2018 Literary Women,, Pleasant Hill, CA
- March 4th, 2017, Authors on the Move, Sacramento, CA
- April 1, 2017, Literary Orange Festival, Irvine, California
- April 6, 2017, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut
- April 21 & 22, 2017, Unbound Book Festival, Columbia, Missouri
- April 28, 2017, VIP Breakfast Speaker at the Children’s Support League Heart of the Home Tour
- July 19, 2016 7PM, Towne Center Books
- July 20, 2016 7PM, A Great Good Place For Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave, Oakland, CA
- July 21, 2016 7PM, St. Louis County Library, 1640 S Lindberg Blvd., St. Louis, MO
- July 22, 2016 7PM, Boswell Book Company, 2559 N Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI
- July 24, 2016 4PM, Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera, CA
- July 25, 2016 7:30PM, Warwicks, 7812 Girard Ave, La Jolla, CA
- July 26, 2016 7:30PM, Boulder Bookstore, 1107 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO
- July 27, 2016, 7PM, Tattered Cover, 7301 S. Santa Fe Dr. Littleton, CO
- July 28, 2016 7PM, Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA
- August 1, 2016 7PM, Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, FL, Livestream link for this event: link
- August 2, 2016 7PM, Malaprop’s Books, 55 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC
- August 4, 2016 3:30 PM, Westwinds Bookshop, 35 Depot Street, Duxbury, MA
- August 5, 2016 7PM, The Strand, 828 Broadway, New York, NY
- October 15, 2016 3:30PM, Kenyon College, Finn House, Cheever Room
- October 20, 2016: 7PM, Sweet Thursday Reading Series with Friends of the Lafayette Library, 3491 Mt. Diablo Boulevard, Lafayette, CA 94549
- November 10, 2015: Diesel Bookstore in Oakland, CA, 6:30 p.m.
- November 12, 2015: Green Apple Books in San Francisco, CA, 7 p.m.
- November 13, 2015: Another Read Through in Portland, OR, 7 p.m.
- November 14, 2015: The Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle, WA, 7 p.m.
- November 15, 2015: Island Books in Mercer Island, WA, 4 p.m.
- November 16, 2015: Parkplace Books in Kirkland, WA, 7 p.m.
- November 22, 2015: Barnes & Noble in Emeryville, CA, 2 p.m.
- November 24, 2015: The Battery in San Francisco, CA, 7 p.m.
- December 6, 2015: Book Passage in Corte Madera, CA, 4 p.m.
- January 14, 2015: Books Inc., Palo Alto 7 p.m.
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