I was born ten years after Marilyn Monroe died, and still can’t remember the first time I saw a photograph of her. It may have been the famous shot where she’s standing with her hands on her hips, wearing a gold lamé dress against a dark background. She was luminous and magical, like a goddess, [...]
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Club Passion Marilyn
Posted in Interviews, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl, Updates, tagged Club Passion Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe, Tara Hanks, The Mmm Girl on October 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
‘The Mmm Girl’ Featured At Magical Marilyn
Posted in Books, Fiction, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl, Updates, tagged Magical Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe, Tara Hanks, The Mmm Girl on August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
‘The Mmm Girl shows Marilyn Monroe as rational and strong, though also fighting the sadness inside her…the real person, created and affected by the actual details of her life…Tara Hanks beautifully conveys Marilyn’s feelings of loneliness and being an outsider…her writing leaves room for the imagination…the last pages of the novel are simple, [...]
ABCtales Live In Brighton
Posted in Books, Brighton, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl, Updates, tagged ABCtales, Brighton, Tara Hanks, The Mmm Girl on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
About ten years ago, I regularly read poems and short stories at the Caxton Arms in Brighton. Then when I started writing novels, the urge to perform dwindled. Just a few months after moving back to Brighton, I was asked to read at the ABCtales Evening at St Michael And All Angels’ church on July [...]
ABCtales Evening in Brighton
Posted in Books, Brighton, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl, Updates, tagged ABCtales, Brighton, Tara Hanks, The Mmm Girl on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An evening of live literature featuring writers from www.abctales.com The next ABCtales evening will be held at St Michaels Hall, Victoria Road, Brighton on Saturday July 5th – starting at 8 p.m. Admission £3 (£2 concessions). Tara Hanks, a long time ABCtales member, will be reading from her latest book, The Mmm Girl – the [...]
Interviewed at MarilynFan.org
Posted in Books, Interviews, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl, Updates, tagged Marilyn Monroe, MarilynFan, Tara Hanks, The Mmm Girl on June 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MarilynFan.org was founded in 2003, by Dutch-based web designer Marloes De Vries. With stunning, innovative layouts, unique information and a high-quality photo gallery, MarilynFan is one of the best sites around, and should be the first stop for anyone wanting to learn more about Marilyn Monroe. Now MarilynFan is back in a new, blog-style format, [...]
‘The Mmm Girl’ featured in Kemptown Rag
Posted in Books, Brighton, Fiction, Interviews, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl, Updates, tagged Brighton, Kemptown Rag, Marilyn Monroe, Tara Hanks, The Mmm Girl on April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“A captivating, gripping piece of literature…The Mmm Girl will have you hooked from the first chapter…jam-packed with emotion…Marilyn’s life was short but this book will stay with you for much longer…” – Kemptown Rag An article about The Mmm Girl appears in the latest issue of Kemptown Rag, a lifestyle magazine distributed in Brighton. [...]
Michelle Morgan reviews ‘The Mmm Girl’
Posted in Books, Fiction, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl, Updates, tagged Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn Monroe: Private And Undisclosed, Michelle Morgan, Tara Hanks, The Mmm Girl on April 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
‘Wonderful…so close to Marilyn’s life that you almost believe you are reading her own memoir…a real gem’ Michelle Morgan, author of Marilyn Monroe: Private And Undisclosed, has reviewed The Mmm Girl – read more For more information on Michelle’s work, visit her website – here
Mad About Marilyn
Posted in Books, Interviews, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl, Updates, tagged Mad About Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe, Tara Hanks, The Mmm Girl on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“With her enchanting novel, The Mmm Girl, Tara Hanks has placed herself in Marilyn’s dinky stillettos to give her the voice that she was so often denied in life …in her bright, colourful style, Hanks retells Marilyn’s story with tender empathy and imaginative flair.” — Mad About Marilyn, March 2008 An interview with me appears [...]
Interviewed on My Marilyn podcast
Posted in Books, Interviews, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl, Updates, tagged Marilyn Monroe, Podcasts, Tara Hanks, The Mmm Girl on March 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have been interviewed on the wonderful My Marilyn podcast, regarding my new novel, The Mmm Girl. I’ve added a link with details of how to listen, and you will hear my distinctive London accent at 15:48 minutes into the latest show! Listen
‘The Mmm Girl’ Reviewed At The Bookbag
Posted in Books, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl, Updates, tagged Marilyn Monroe, Tara Hanks, The Mmm Girl on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“A brilliant, believable read…a weird and wonderful look into Marilyn Monroe’s life, from her childhood in foster homes and orphanages to her many marriages and relationships and her eventual death…though her fame certainly adds something, this would have been a really interesting read even if she wasn’t a well known name…inspiring and entertaining…a [...]
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