Ingrid Jonach

A Gorgeous Intro

Ingrid Jonach — Tue, 07 May 2013 22:07:10 +0000

I am editing (hence my silence and my plotting to bombard this website with posts about my recent endevours once finished!), but I just wanted to share this gorgeous intro with you from one of my favourite novels — Tuck Everlasting. You see, when I edit I like to skim a few books whose writing style I admire in the hopes that it might influence my own writing.

Read the extract below by Natalie Babbit for yourself:

The road that led to Treegap had been trod out long before by a herd of cows who were, to say the least, relaxed. It wandered along in curves and easy angles, swayed off and up in a pleasant tangent to the top of a small hill, ambled down again between fringes of bee-hung clover, and then cut sidewise across a meadow. Here its edges blurred. It widened and seemed to pause, suggesting tranquil bovine picnics: slow chewing and thoughtful contemplation of the infinite. And then it went on again and came at last to the wood. But on reaching the shadows of the first trees, it veered sharply, swung out in a wide arc as if, for the first time, it had reason to think where it was going, and passed around.

On the other side of the wood, the sense of easiness dissolved. The road no longer belonged to the cows. It became, instead, and rather abruptly, the property of people. And all at once the sun was uncomfortably hot, the dust oppressive, and the meager grass along its edges somewhat ragged and forlorn.

Conflux 9

Ingrid Jonach — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:27:10 +0000

Ingrid will be participating in Conflux 9, the 52nd Australian National Science Fiction Convention (Natcon) to be held in Canberra, Australia.

International guest include the Publishing Director of Angry Robot Books Marc Gascoigne.

Ingrid will be participating in the following panels:

Young Adult Fiction Explosion – Friday 26 April 2013 – 12.30pm to 1.25pm
Angry Robot Hour – Sunday 28 April 2013 – 1.30pm to 2.30pm
Newly Published Writer’s Showcase – Sunday 28 April 2013 – 2.30pm to 3.25pm

Conflux 9 will be held at Rydges Capital Hill in Canberra. Tickets can be purchased through the official website.

UC 4 Yourself Expo

Ingrid Jonach — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 05:50:02 +0000

Ingrid will be speaking to about 250 Year 9 students as part of the UC 4 Yourself Expo at the University of Canberra.

The students from regional Australia will hear about Ingrid’s journey to date through life, study and career, including her achievements as an author.

This event is not open to the public.

Monitor

Ingrid Jonach — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 05:45:22 +0000

The University of Canberra Monitor has featured Ingrid in its latest edition, highlighting her upcoming young adult novel When the World was Flat (and we were in love).

The article begins:

Why do we say someone just walked on our grave when a shiver goes down our spine? Why do people see ghosts and what does this mean? If you get a flat tyre driving to work in the morning would it change the course of your life?

Author and University of Canberra graduate Ingrid Jonach has always asked questions like these and she’s hoping her new novel will inspire others to think about how their own reality is shaped.

Review: The Radleys

Ingrid Jonach — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:45:49 +0000

I think I have been blood-minded by this book because I could not put it down (I am not expecting you to understand that reference unless you have read the book)!

I feel a lot of affection for the Radleys. Yes, Mr and Mrs Radley have committed a number of heinous crimes in the past (again ‑ you will have to read the book!), but they are paying their penance.