August 31, 2010

Update August 2010

I’m delighted to say that my new novel At Home with the Templetons is being published in Australia and New Zealand on September 27, 2010, and in Ireland on October 1, with publication in the USA, UK and Germany coming early 2011.

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March 17, 2010

Burned to a Crisp

Will my citizenship be revoked if I confess I hope never to experience a full Australian summer again? If I admit that three months of hot, dry days and hot,…

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March 17, 2009

The Consolations of Cooking

I have a friend who goes running when she is feeling down. Another takes a long bath. Another reorganises her linen cupboard. I cook soup. Great big pots of it,…

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March 17, 2009

The Aunt’s Story

The first time I tasted garlic prawns was at my Aunt Jacqueline’s house. I was thirteen years old, a country girl, the middle of seven children, raised on a diet…

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February 17, 2009

Apartment Highs and Woes

I never expected to spend my first night in San Francisco wishing I could levitate. Or that instead of having good walking shoes for the hills and a warm coat…

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March 17, 2008

The Expatriate Life

I think it’s time for a new word to describe someone living in another country. Expatriate – defined as out of one’s country – doesn’t cover it any more. The…

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March 17, 2006

With the Irish American Post

An enjoyable interview with Maureen Doll of the Irish American Post: http://www.gaelicweb.com/irishampost/year2006/08summer/featured/featured07.html

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January 1, 1970

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