Charlotte McConaghy, WILD DARK SHORE: A Novel

Totally Booked with Zibby

Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Zibby is joined by New York Times bestselling author Charlotte McConaghy to discuss her enthralling and tense new novel, WILD DARK SHORE, a gripping mystery set on a remote, storm-battered island near Antarctica. Charlotte shares the inspiration behind this exploration of grief, love, sacrifice, and the natural world. Together, they dive into the novel’s environmental focus, from a humpback whale’s surprising empathy to the harsh legacy of human exploitation of wildlife. Zibby describes her own powerful reaction to the book, confessing she couldn’t put it down—even while walking off a plane.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Totally Booked with Zibby. Formerly, moms don't have time to read books. In my daily show, I interview today's latest, best-selling, buzziest, or underrated authors and story creators, whose work I think is worth your time. As a bookstore owner, publisher, author, and obviously podcaster, I get a comprehensive
0:24.0	look at everything that's coming out and spend my time curating the best books so you don't
0:29.3	have to.
0:30.3	Stay in the know, get insider insights, and connect with guests like I do every single day.
0:36.2	For more information, go to zibbmedia.com and follow me on Instagram at
0:40.9	Zibby Owens. Charlotte McConaughey is the author of Wild, Dark Shore, a novel. By the way, I am
0:50.2	obsessed with this book. Charlotte is the New York Times best-selling author of the novel's Wild,
0:55.1	Dark Shore, Once There Were Wolves and Migrations, which are being translated into more than 20
1:00.6	languages. She is based in Sydney, Australia. Welcome, Charlotte. So excited to talk to you about
1:06.1	Wild, Dark Shore. Congratulations. Thank you. Thanks for having me. I loved this book so much. I could not put it down. I was on a flight. We landed.
1:15.7	I was reading it in the aisle. I was reading it walking out to the car. I was reading it in the car.
1:21.0	I could not put it down. Oh my gosh. Especially like not just especially, but those final like 50 to 100 pages.
1:27.2	I don't even know.
1:28.1	Like, whoa.
1:29.3	They're a killer.
1:30.2	Yeah, they're a killer.
1:31.7	I was gasping.
1:33.3	I was crying.
1:34.5	I was, I had every emotion.
1:36.3	It was a roller coaster.
1:37.4	Oh, well, that's really nice to hear.
1:40.0	Okay.
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