Monica McInerney (Author)

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Monica McInerney

One of the stars of Australian fiction, Monica McInerney is the author of the internationally bestselling novels A Taste for It, Upside Down Inside Out, Spin the Bottle, The Alphabet Sisters, Family Baggage, Those Faraday Girls, At Home with the Templetons and a short story collection All Together Now. Those Faraday Girls was the winner of the General Fiction Book of the Year at the 2008 Australian Book Industry Awards. In 2006 Monica was the ambassador for the Australian Government initiative Books Alive, with her novella Odd One Out.

Monica grew up in a family of seven children in the Clare Valley of South Australia and has been living between Australia and Ireland for twenty years. She and her Irish husband currently live in Dublin.

For further information please visit monicamcinerney.com

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Book Cover: A Taste for It
Published: 03/04/2006
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742283623
Book Cover: A Taste for It

Maura Carmody's off on the trip of a lifetime. A talented chef, she's traveling around Ireland for a month to promote Australian food and wine.

She's expecting a straightforward business trip. But what she gets is a whirlwind of mishaps, misunderstandings, rivals and revelations – and Dominic Hanrahan, who's giving her plenty of food for thought.

Set in Ireland and Australia, A Taste for It is...

Maura Carmody's off on the trip of a lifetime. A talented chef, she's traveling around Ireland for a month to promote Australian food and wine.

She's expecting a straightforward business trip. But what...

Published: 03/04/2006
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143004776
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  All Together Now

'McInerney is Australia's answer to Maeve Binchy, a modern-day Jane Austen.'
Sun Herald

A group of friends on an unconventional diet learn some important life lessons, a fashion-challenged grandmother weaves some magic in a dusty charity shop, a grieving young mother takes a healing journey, and a shy woman from a family of high-achievers learns to follow her dreams.




'McInerney is Australia's answer to Maeve Binchy, a modern-day Jane Austen.'
Sun Herald

A group of friends on an unconventional diet learn some important life lessons, a fashion-challenged grandmother...


Published: 01/06/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143202202
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  All Together Now
Published: 01/06/2009
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742283647
Book Cover:  Alphabet Sisters Special Edition
'A gentle and life-affirming story.  We come away feeling better about the world and, maybe, just a little more tender towards those close to us.' Sydney Morning Herald
'A gentle and life-affirming story.  We come away feeling better about the world and, maybe, just a little more tender towards those close to us.' Sydney Morning Herald
Published: 01/08/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143565888
RRP: $9.95

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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

Illustrated Book of the Year

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