Writing Popular Fiction online workshop
I had a great day at the first Writing.ie online TV workshop ‘Writing Popular Fiction’ here in Dublin last week, alongside fellow authors Vanessa O’Loughlin, Paul Carson and Sinead Moriarty, and a terrific and talented panel of writing students in-studio…
Read MoreOn the train in Platform magazine
If you happen to be taking a train trip in Australia on the legendary Ghan, Overland or Indian Pacific (lucky you, if so…), please do keep an eye out for…
Read MoreUK/Irish cover for House of Memories paperback
The House of Memories paperback edition will be in bookshops in Ireland and the UK from 6 June, and then in Australia and New Zealand in July. Here’s the great…
Read MoreGerman edition of Lola’s Secret
Guten Tag, Lola! Here’s the lovely cover of the German language edition of Lola’s Secret, with its new German title Die Frauen von Clare Valley, which translates as The Women…
Read MoreAnd Then He Kissed Me anthology, July 2013
For the young in years (and heart) among you – I’ve written a short story for a forthcoming teen romance anthology called And Then He Kissed Me, to be published…
Read MoreAward shortlist for House of Memories
I’m delighted to share the news that The House of Memories has been shortlisted for Promotional Campaign of the Year in this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards. Many congratulations to…
Read MoreMallow Library Readers’ Day
Many thanks to everyone who came along to the Mallow Library Readers’ Day in beautiful (and sunny!) County Cork on April 27th. Special thanks to host and interviewer Dermot Bolger…
Read MoreGlobal Publishing Deal with Penguin
I’m very happy to share this news about my next book.
Read MoreThe Real-Life Railway Children
‘They were not railway children to begin with,’ starts Edith Nesbit’s classic The Railway Children. Not in our case – we seven McInerneys were always railway children, our father the…
Read MoreTeenage Angst
‘I’m on canteen duty next week.’ My Mum said it so casually, but the words struck fear into my heart. I was 14 years old, at high school in rural…
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