My writing superstitions
I am a very superstitious writer. I’m also a very messy one. That’s why I think it’s best I don’t share photos of my office, especially at the moment. I…
Read MoreFiction 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 –…
Read MoreBack 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….
Read MoreW.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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreThe Shape I’m In
“A dressmaker friend says I have a ‘writing’ shape and a ‘promoting’ shape. I lock myself away in my attic for months while I write my books, usually over the…
Read MoreWriter’s Block with Monica McInerney
SOPHIE GRENHAM talks to author MONICA McINERNEY about how she’s a SUPERSTITIOUS WRITER, growing up in the CLARE VALLEY and writing TWELVE NOVELS … Monica McInerney is an internationally acclaimed Australian author who fell in love with Ireland…
Read MoreI was an ordinary kid in an Australian country town, but through books I travelled the world
Ahead of Australian reading hour on Thursday, bestselling writer Monica McInerney remembers growing up in the country, and the lives she lived through books. My love affair with books began when I…
Read MoreThe Pros and Cons of an Online Life
(First appeared in Woman’s Way magazine, Ireland, August 2017) Yesterday in Dublin city centre I had three collisions. Fortunately I was walking, not driving, and escaped unhurt. The first was…
Read MoreI like to think Dad’s fingerprints are still on it
I’m a superstitious writer. When I’m working on a novel, I develop rituals and collect objects that become talismans. The desk in my Dublin attic is crowded with ornaments and…
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