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 more recent. In 1957, my father’s half-sister, then aged 44, … More
I’m thrilled to share details of my Australian tour for The Godmothers. Due to travel restrictions, I’ll be doing in-person events in South Australia only, and online events in partnership with bookshops and libraries across the rest of the country. … More
My new novel The Godmothers is on the way: 29/9/20 in Australia/NZ with Penguin Random House, 21/1/2021 in the UK/Ireland with Welbeck Publishing. I’ll be sharing plans of my in-person and digital events very soon. ‘I don’t want two wishy-washy … More
I’m delighted to say that today is the official publication date for The Trip of a Lifetime in Australia and New Zealand, and also the first day of my July book tour. I’m very happy to be back home again. … More
To celebrate the release of my new book, The Trip of a Lifetime (out 3 July), I’m delighted to announce a special ‘Curl Up with the Quinlans’ reading weekend on Facebook. To join me, make sure you have your copy … More
My first copy of The Trip of a Lifetime has arrived in Dublin, hot off the press in Australia! Thanks so much to my publishers Penguin Books Australia, I’m thrilled to see it. I hope all of you in Australia … More
A very exciting photo appeared in my email in-box this morning in Dublin: the first copies of The Trip of a Lifetime, hot off the press in Australia! My big thanks to these two wonderful women, my Penguin Random House … More
A message for my Adelaide friends 🙂 The venue for my evening talk with Dymocks on Wednesday 19 July has now been confirmed – I’ll be at the beautiful Institute Building at the State Library of South Australia at 6pm. … More
My novel Lola’s Secret is the second of my books featuring Lola Quinlan and her family. Its arrival came as a complete surprise to me, as I explained in this website post for my fellow Australian author Fleur McDonald in … More
My forthcoming novel The Trip of a Lifetime is the third of my novels to feature Lola Quinlan and her family (though I promise it is a standalone story if you haven’t read the earlier ones.) The first Quinlan family … More
My big thanks to the booksellers & librarians around Australia who are already promoting the talks & events I’ll be doing during my July tour for my new novel The Trip of a Lifetime. The details of all 24 events … More
Penguin Books Australia have started the countdown to The Trip of a Lifetime with this great animation of the Quinlan family tree. I’m counting down too! Watch the family tree animation over on my Facebook page. This book reunites readers … More
I’m delighted to be able to share this link to the Events page, with the details of my July Australian book tour for The Trip of a Lifetime. I’ll be visiting and giving talks about my books and writing in … More
It’s now just nine weeks until my latest novel The Trip of a Lifetime is published in Australia and NZ. Yesterday I was thrilled to receive advance copies of the new editions of my two earlier novels also featuring Lola … More
My beautiful new book cover has come to life over on Instagram! Thank you so much for the clever animation, Penguin Random House Australia. The Trip of a Lifetime will be in bookshops in Australia & NZ in July, in … More
I’m delighted to be talked about in this list of ‘Australian Authors Everyone’s Talking About‘. Thank you very much, Better Reading!