The Faber Academy in London is hosting an intensive three day fiction workshop with M.J. Hyland and Irish novelist Trevor Byrne (10-12 September).
Maria’s sessions include:
Day One:A short manuscript from each participant will be edited, critiqued and workshopped by Hyland. Hyland will also take participants through the essentials of writing vivid and compelling fiction.
Day two: Part One: A masterclass in finding the [...]
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3-day Fiction Workshop with M. J. Hyland and Trevor Byrne
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010Video interview - Can creative writing be taught?
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010MJ Hyland’s short video interview with The Wheeler Centre on the
question of whether or not creative writing can be taught:
Interview with Vulpes Libris
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010Vulpes Libris has published an interview with Maria.
You can read the full interview (by Lisa Glass) here.
Here’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 [...]
MJ Hyland to run a Faber & Faber Academy writing workshop
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009In 2010 MJ Hyland will be running a writing workshop for the *Faber & 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 & Faber Writing Academy
Video interview with Maria in Melbourne’s The Monthly
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009Maria returned to Australia for this year’s Melbourne Writers’ Festival, and Australian magazine The Monthly has posted online the video of this extensive interview with Michael Williams, where Maria discusses her approach to writing This is How, but also to writing generally.
You can see the video online here
Video of Maria reading from This is How
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009There’s a nice video piece in The Guardian where Maria reads from This is How, and is interviewed.
The video can be seen here
https://www.guardian.co.uk/books/video/2009/aug/21/mj-hyland-this-is-how
Carry Me Down - MJ Hyland interviewed in Three Monkeys Online
Thursday, March 12th, 2009Three Monkeys Online has a lengthy interview with MJ Hyland, to discuss Carry Me Down in particular, and her work in general.
Some sample quotes:
“On the first reading it should be superficially simple, but engaging, with a strong narrative pull. I intend to give the reader a reason to turn the page, so a good story [...]