Athlone Library is delighted to announce that it will host a talk by the best-selling novelist Monica McInerney on Thursday 17th November 2011.
The Irish American Post wrote "It's always an almost-sinful pleasure to delve into anything written by Monica McInerney, whose delightful prose brings her rich characters to sparkling life". Monica McInerney grew up in the Clare Valley wine-region of South Australia where her father was a station-master and her mother worked in the local library. She has lived for many years in Ireland working as a book publicist, both here and in her native Australia, promoting authors such as Edna O'Brien, Tim Winton and Roald Dahl. In 2006 Monica was the ambassador for the Australian Government's 'Books Alive' national reading campaign, promoting books and reading via libraries and reading groups throughout Australia.
Monica McInerney has written a string of best-selling novels including 'At Home with the Templetons', 'Those Faraday Girls', 'Family Baggage', 'The Alphabet Sisters', 'Spin the Bottle', 'Upside Down and Inside Out', 'A Taste for It' and most recently 'Lola's Secret'.
'Lola's Secret' continues the story of the Quinlan family, originally introduced to us in 'The Alphabet Sisters'
For more information on Monica McInerney visit her website at www.monicamcinerney.com
'At Home with the Templetons' was a number 1 best-seller in Australia and was shortlisted for the General Fiction Book of the Year at this year's Australian Book Industry Awards, having been shortlisted for the Eason Popular Fiction Award in 2010. 'Those Faraday Girls' won the General Fiction Book of the Year at the 2008 Australian Book Industry Awards and her novel 'All Together Now' was shortlisted in the same category in the 2009 Australian Book Industry Awards.
Monica is engaged in a countrywide tour visiting libraries in Limerick, Dublin,
Belfast, Tyrone, Laois and Tipperary as well as Athlone. Her talk entitled
"From Reader to Writer" will be both entertaining and informative as she traces
her own career path from avid reader to full-time internationally-published
writer. She will offer tips and advice to new and aspiring writers as
well as giving insights into the life of a writer. Her talk should be
of interest to readers and writers alike. As places are limited booking
is essential. The talk will take place in The Aidan Heavey Library, Athlone
at 7.30pm on Thursday 17th November. Bookings by phone to Athlone Library
at 090-6442157 or by e-mail to athlib@westmeathcoco.ie