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…
Read MoreA 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…
Read MoreStranded By The Pandemic
I hadn’t planned to spend most of 2020 stuck in a tiny apartment in Adelaide with my 81-year-old mother and a cat. My mother hadn’t planned it either (nor, presumably,…
Read MoreMy Fictional Life
This year marks my twentieth year as a published author. The media release issued by Penguin for my latest novel says I’ve written thirteen books in that time: twelve novels…
Read More21 Years As An Author
2021 marks my 21st year as a published author so here are 21 memories and observations on my writing career, in the lead up to my 13th book, THE GODMOTHERS,…
Read MoreA 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…
Read MoreAn 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…
Read MoreBetter 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…
Read MoreMy Godmother
As a child, I was obsessed with a family mystery – the sudden death of one of my aunts. I always believed my godmother, Nan (my father’s older sister), held…
Read MoreThe 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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