Family Secrets, Christmas Letters, and Hello From The Gillespies
Years ago, a young Monica McInerney was working as a publicist on a book tour for Roald Dahl, a year before he died. She was in a hall filled with…
Read MoreHow I learnt to love the chaos of Christmas
Last night I dreamed it was Christmas morning. Outside, the snow lay thick and soft. Inside, the fire burned in the grate. I stood in front of the Christmas tree,…
Read MorePenguin 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….
Read MoreIn 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….
Read MoreAustralian 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.
Read MoreA 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…
Read MoreA note for readers
A brief note to those reading Hello from the Gillespies.
Read MoreMy 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.
Read More#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…
Read MoreHello 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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