November 14, 2021

Marcie Gill Q&A

Welcome to Kids’ Book Review, Monica! You’re known as the bestselling author of 12 novels for adults. What prompted you to write Marcie Gill and the Caravan Park Cat, your…

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October 19, 2021

A Lovely Interview with KiddoMag

MEET: MONICA MCINERNEY, AUTHOR OF MARCIE GILL AND THE CARAVAN PARK CAT Adelaide raised Monica McInerney has over a dozen successful adult novels under her belt. The kind of well…

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December 11, 2020

A Change Of Scene Fills Your Soul

One of our most celebrated authors is based in Dublin, but has set several novels on her Clare Valley home turf. I got my first passport when…I was 19 and…

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November 11, 2020

An Interview With Gay Lynch

In the last few days of September, bestselling Irish-Australian author Monica McInerney is holed up at her mother’s Adelaide home, ready to launch her thirteenth novel The Godmothers. Despite back-to-back interviews…

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October 13, 2020

Better Reading Q&A

Congratulations on the release of your book (and an incredible 20 years of publishing!) And thank you so much for taking the time to provide us with a Q&A. Thank…

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September 2, 2020

The Inspirations Behind The Godmothers

The question I’m most often asked about a new novel is ‘what inspired it?’ With The Godmothers, the seeds were planted by two family stories. One is from my childhood, the second…

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August 6, 2018

Fiction and Families

I’ve just finished a mini book tour in Australia, the first time I have toured without a new book to talk about. Instead, I looked back at all twelve of my books –…

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July 29, 2018

Back home to Clare

No trip back to Australia is complete for me without a visit home to the Clare Valley, this time with two dear friends from Tasmania, Jane and her daughter Lizzie….

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July 17, 2018

W.H. Smith Interview

Celebrated bestselling author Monica McInerney chats about fictional families and her writing process in the leadup to her newest release, The Trip of a Lifetime. What inspired you to write The Trip…

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February 20, 2018

The Importance Of Location

As a reader, I love visiting new places via the fiction I read. As a writer I enjoy it just as much. Researching the locations of my books is one…

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