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M.J Hyland in The Guardian’s How to Write Fiction, Masterclass Supplement, October 2011

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

M.J Hyland was asked to write 1,000 words about Editing (Revising & Re-Writing) for the Guardian’s How to Write Fiction Supplement (October, 2011). You can read her piece here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/oct/23/how-to-write-fiction-mj-hyland?newsfeed=true And you can buy the Kindle edition of the Supplement, which contains pieces on the craft of fiction by D.B.C Pierre et al, here: http://www.amazon.com/How-write-fiction-masterclass-ebook/dp/B005VDGNTS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319394617&sr=8-1 [...]

A wonderful review in the Daily Telegraph of the Walker Edition of How the Light Gets

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

In the Daily Telegraph, July 2011, another wonderful review of the Walker Edition of M.J Hyland’s first novel, How the Light Gets In. This edition is a special imprint for the teenage fiction market. Although not written for a teenage readership, like J.D Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, How the Light Gets In has, [...]

Great review of How the Light Gets In, Walker Edition, reviewed in The Guardian.

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

On July 24th, MJ Hyland’s first novel, How the Light Gets In, published in a new edition by Walker Books, was reviewed in The Guardian. Read the review here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jul/21/teen-fiction-roundup-geraldine-brennan?INTCMP=SRCH  

Trial by Internet – MJ Hyland writes about Mary Bale

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

M.J. Hyland writes about Mary Bale, the woman who was caught by CCTV putting a cat in a bin, August 2010. Read the piece, which includes an exclusive interview, in The Financial Times, 26 March, 2011. The piece is available online at the FT website here.

Sympathy For the Devil – MJ Hyland on Raoul Moat’s Facebook Fans

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

After Raoul Moat went on a murderous rampage in Northumbria, which ended in his suicide, a number of ‘fan pages’ have sprung up on Facebook. In a guest commentary for the Scottish Herald, Maria wrote a lengthy piece on both Moat and the fan pages. The entire piece can be read here Here’s a short [...]