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		<title>MJ Hyland interviews Roddy Doyle for the Manchester Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MJ Hyland in anexlusive and revealing interview with Roddy Doyle, published on 8 February
2010 in The Manchester Review
Here&#8217;s an extract:
MJH: How has your fame and success impacted on your life as a writer? Has it, perhaps, changed the way you approach your work, or the early impulse or intention behind your work?
RD: I was in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A female Holden, just as cynical and sensitive, but with less self-conscious verbiage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the death of J.D. Salinger, the Guardian book blog takes a look at the challenges facing authors creating a young narrator. Maria&#8217;s debut novel, How the Light Gets In gets a mention, with narrator Lou being described as
&#8220;a contemporary, female Holden, just as cynical and sensitive, but with less self-conscious verbiage&#8221;
You can read the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video interview &#8211; Can creative writing be taught?</title>
		<link>http://www.mjhyland.com/video-interview-can-creative-writing-be-taught/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MJ Hyland&#8217;s short video interview with The Wheeler Centre on the
question of whether or not creative writing can be taught:

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		<title>Interview with Vulpes Libris</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vulpes Libris has published an interview with Maria.
You can read the full interview (by Lisa Glass) here.
Here&#8217;s a little taster:
LG: Yes. Your characters are young and appear to be exploring what’s what in the world. They also seem uncomfortable in their own bodies. I’m thinking of Patrick’s physical awkwardness, Lou’s emerging sexual power and tendency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing about killers &#8211; MJ Hyland and Jeff Lindsay talk about their work</title>
		<link>http://www.mjhyland.com/writing-about-killers-mj-hyland-and-jeff-lindsay-talk-about-their-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mjhyland.com/writing-about-killers-mj-hyland-and-jeff-lindsay-talk-about-their-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maria joined author Jeff Lindsay, the creator of the very popular Dexter series of crime novels (now a succesful American TV series, starring Michael Hall),  at the Brisbane Writers&#8217; Festival to discuss writing about killers.
The discussion &#8211; killing people, on paper &#8211; chaired by Richard Fidler, was aired on Australian radio and is now online [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Boston globe includes This is How in its &#8217;simply the best&#8217; fiction list of 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.mjhyland.com/the-boston-globe-includes-this-is-how-in-its-simply-the-best-fiction-list-of-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mjhyland.com/the-boston-globe-includes-this-is-how-in-its-simply-the-best-fiction-list-of-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is How pops up on another &#8216;best of 2009&#8242; list.  Anna Mundow, writing in the Boston Globe describes the novel as &#8216;fearlessly disturbing&#8217;:
Hyland’s pared-down descriptions of Patrick’s life &#8211; as it once was and as he now endures it &#8211; convey excruciating tension and pain. Yet the claustrophobic world that she creates has at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Times names This is How as one of the best books of 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.mjhyland.com/he-times-names-this-is-how-as-one-of-the-best-books-of-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mjhyland.com/he-times-names-this-is-how-as-one-of-the-best-books-of-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Times names This is How as one of the best books of 2009 in its
Christmas Books Fiction Review.
MJ Hyland appears alongside William Trevor and  Margaret Atwood, in the Times list, which describes This is How as &#8216; a pin-sharp examination of a young man’s troubled soul&#8217;
The full list is here
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		<title>MJ Hyland to run a Faber &amp; Faber Academy writing workshop</title>
		<link>http://www.mjhyland.com/mj-hyland-to-run-a-faber-faber-academy-writing-workshop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mjhyland.com/mj-hyland-to-run-a-faber-faber-academy-writing-workshop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2010 MJ Hyland will be running a writing workshop for the *Faber &#38; Faber
Academy *in Manchester. The workshop will be held on Saturday 13 March and
MJ Hyland's session is Session No.9.
For details and how to enrol go to:
Faber &#38; Faber Writing Academy
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		<title>This is How makes it into the Irish Times books of 2009 list</title>
		<link>http://www.mjhyland.com/this-is-how-makes-it-into-the-irish-times-books-of-2009-list/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mjhyland.com/this-is-how-makes-it-into-the-irish-times-books-of-2009-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is How makes yet another appearance in a major newspaper&#8217;s &#8216;books of the year&#8217; list. This time it&#8217;s the Irish Times, where poet Vona Groarke writes:
&#8220;Patrick Oxtoby is a damaged, brittle, ordinary man: his actions and their consequences are presented in deceptively transparent prose that balances honesty with integrity, and brutality with a tiny, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Times chooses This Is How amongst its books of the year</title>
		<link>http://www.mjhyland.com/financial-times-chooses-this-is-how-amongst-its-books-of-the-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mjhyland.com/financial-times-chooses-this-is-how-amongst-its-books-of-the-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More good news &#8211; Another major newspaper has picked This is How in its end of year roundup. The Financial Times has chosen This is How as one of its best novels of 2009.
Financial Times fiction reviewer Angel Gurría-Quintana writes:
&#8220;Hyland’s exquisitely crafted prose makes readers care for this emotionally stunted protagonist.&#8221;
You can see the full [...]]]></description>
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