December 5, 2014

Penguin Australia’s Dear Monica Competition

Thank you all so much for the hundreds of entries in the Dear Monica competition. It was a pleasure and privilege to read so many of your special family memories….

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November 30, 2014

In Defence of Christmas Letters

I was ten when I first read a Christmas round-robin letter. My eyes widened at the writer’s account of her family’s exam successes, sporting triumphs, job promotions and exotic holidays….

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November 17, 2014

Australian tour for Hello from the Gillespies, October 2014

Here are lots of photos (and a long list of well-deserved thank yous!) from my Australian tour.

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November 9, 2014

A Conversation with Monica McInerney

(Questions by Ellen Edwards, my editor at Penguin Random House in New York.) Hello from the Gillespies begins with a Christmas letter gone awry—how did this irresistible premise inspire the…

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September 29, 2014

A note for readers

A brief note to those reading Hello from the Gillespies.

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September 21, 2014

My Australian tour dates

I’m happy to share the details of my upcoming October tour here on my website and also on the Penguin website. If I’m visiting anywhere near you, I do hope you’ll come and say hello.

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September 14, 2014

#DearMonica competition

I’m delighted to announce details of a great Penguin Books competition especially for my Australian readers. You’re all invited to write to me and share a special family memory in the #dearmonica competition…

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September 3, 2014

Hello to Hello from the Gillespies

Even eleven books on, it still feels so great to see the finished book for the first time…

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August 26, 2014

My new website – thanks for dropping by!

Welcome to my new website. I hope you’ll enjoy looking around …

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August 6, 2014

Gillespies cover reveal x 3

Here’s an early look at the three different international covers for my new novel, HELLO FROM THE GILLESPIES, coming out in Oct/Nov 2014. I love them and hope you all do too.

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