Eason Ireland’s 50 Best Books
So delighted to see The Trip of a Lifetime in Eason Ireland’s list of the 50 Best Books of the Year. Thanks so much to everyone at Easons Ireland for their wonderful support….
Read MoreUK publication day for The Alphabet Sisters and Lola’s Secret
Happy UK publication day to these beautifully festive new paperback editions of The Alphabet Sisters & Lola’s Secret. And coming soon in 2018, The Trip of a Lifetime too.
Read MoreBetter Reading’s Top 100
I’m delighted and very touched that two of my novels (The Trip of a Lifetime & The Alphabet Sisters) have been voted in to Better Reading‘s Top 100 Books for 2017…
Read MoreMy guide to the Clare Valley with Yours Magazine
When I was back home in Australia in July, I had the big treat of spending two days in my homeplace of the Clare Valley of South Australia with Melissa…
Read MoreDubray’s Christmas Catalogue
An early festive treat to see The Trip of a Lifetime featured in Dubray’s Christmas catalogue here in Ireland – thank you Dubray Books and Penguin Random House Ireland!
Read MoreTheresa Smith on my books
‘There’s something you need to know about Monica’s novels and it’s really quite important to remember: you can’t read them in public.’ My warmest thanks to Theresa Smith in Australia…
Read MoreFour months later at Meg’s Bookshop…
Delighted to still be in the Top 10 at Meg’s Bookshop in South Australia, four months after The Trip of a Lifetime was published. Thank you Margie and Mark! (Delighted to be…
Read MoreThe Shape I’m In
My guiltiest pleasures, how I relax and a few of my favourite things – all in this Q&A in the health supplement of the Irish Examiner.
Read MoreHello to the Lithuanians
Sveiki* to the Lithuanian edition of Hello from the Gillespies! I’ve just received my author copies of this lovely hardback edition, with its new title ‘Lemtingas laiškas’ which translates as…
Read MoreDymocks’ Favourite Books of the Year
Happy news from Australia – The Trip of a Lifetime has been chosen as one of Dymocks’ Favourite Books of the Year. Thank you, Dymocks Books, you are one of my…
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