tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10627179801773317852024-03-08T16:35:45.052-08:00Charlotte CalderAuthor of fiction and picture books for children and young adultsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252815421816284341noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062717980177331785.post-46584004086872261952017-03-22T04:15:00.000-07:002017-06-27T22:46:26.238-07:00Some lovely reviews of The 12th Dog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>One in <a href="https://amp.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/childrens-books-from-the-blues-to-brave-bovines/news-story/5150c816053d26d5e43b914eaeb9420c" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">The Australian</span></a>,</b><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252815421816284341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062717980177331785.post-37167157832383042642017-02-28T15:54:00.000-08:002017-02-28T16:06:58.878-08:00The 12th Dog a CBCA Notable Book 2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>The real Arlo is jumping for joy! His alter ego <span style="color: red;">The 12th Dog </span>has been announced as a Notable Book in the <a href="http://cbca.org.au/notables-2017" target="_blank">CBCA Awards 2017</a>, Early Childhood category! Shortlist announced next month. Good luck everyone!</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">And go Arlo - WOOF!</span></b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252815421816284341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062717980177331785.post-66210130734553857482017-01-19T17:03:00.000-08:002017-10-09T22:39:34.904-07:00Arlo the TV star! #backyardcricket<h3>
<span style="color: #cc0000;">Thanks to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PRIME7NewsCentralWest/videos/1255222897892735/">Prime Central West TV News</a>, Arlo got his big break. A chance to spruik THE 12th DOG! 😻</span></h3>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252815421816284341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062717980177331785.post-14608182110156653662017-01-17T18:05:00.000-08:002017-01-17T18:05:06.202-08:00Howzat! The 12th Dog officially launched<h3>
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<span style="color: red;">Arlo is bounding into a bookstore near you ... (though he's been sometimes a bit slow to arrive due to the holiday period)</span></h3>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252815421816284341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062717980177331785.post-60262999871234169862016-10-23T20:25:00.001-07:002016-10-24T03:48:07.488-07:00The 12th Dog update - now out for Christmas!<h3>
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<span style="color: red;">The 12th Dog</span>'s release date has now been updated - it'll be available in all good bookstores on <span style="color: red;">Dec 22nd</span> - just in time for Santa (and the cricket season)! Or you can<span style="color: red;"> <a href="https://www.qbd.com.au/the-12th-dog/charlotte-calder--tom-jellett/9780734416926" target="_blank">pre-order here</a>.</span></h3>
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As you can see, <span style="color: red;">Tom Jellett's illustrations are simply fab! </span></h4>
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<b>Arlo is the best fielder in the street - he always gets there first. There's only one problem. He won't give up the ball! </b><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252815421816284341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062717980177331785.post-86707729790202350792015-12-07T17:54:00.000-08:002017-01-04T20:01:51.782-08:00A bit about me ...<br />
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<span style="color: red;">I was born in Adelaide, South Australia, grew up in the Adelaide Hills, with a few teenage years in Darwin. </span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="color: red;">Also a year in upstate New York aged 16-17 as an exchange student. Went to university in Adelaide, majoring in English and Drama, then worked as an attendant in the Australian Pavillion at Expo 74, in Spokane, Washington. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Since then have worked, among other things, in PR, as a photographer, and as an actor. Acting is a very similar process to writing - it's all about getting into other peoples' headspaces.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Had a wild and woolly childhood riding ponies, mucking about in boats and going off on expeditions into the bush, often all day. My sweet and vague mother didn't have much of a clue where we were or what we got up to - she never seemed to worry, and we were (mostly!) fine. A country girl herself, she was a woman pilot of renown, and an expert on seashells. My brother and I spent many, many hours criss-crossing Australia in the back of a (very slow!) 4 seater Cessna with our parents - my mother said we used to fight so much she couldn't fly the plane! </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">I think many kids' lives today have become way too sanitised, busy and over-organised. Too much emphasis on achievement - there's no space just to dream ... </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">I met my husband at university - dropped a water bomb on him from three floors up, drenching him completely! We got out of the rat race of Sydney (though we love going back there to visit) when our three kids were little. They're now all grown up and have flown the coup - love it when they deign to pay us a visit! We live in a gorgeous spot - you can only see one other house, way down the valley - near Orange in the Central West of New South Wales. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">With, of course, the inspiration behind <a href="https://www.hachette.com.au/charlotte-calder/the-12th-dog" target="_blank">The 12th Dog</a> - Arlo the naughty Maltese Shitzu. Plus his big bro Tibetan Terrier Toggie. Also <a href="https://www.google.com.au/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=The+Ghost+at+the+Point+Charlotte+Calder&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&gfe_rd=cr&ei=dMNtWK6_L9Du8wflvJ-QCg#" target="_blank">The Ghost at the Point</a> heroine Poppy the bad cat, and two beautiful and very friendly failed ex-racehorses - whom I nonetheless would not be game to ride! My favourite things to do - include reading (naturally), stomping about the paddocks plugged into my ipod, pottering around the garden, going to the theatre, chatting on the phone/email ... Anything (smack wrist!) but sit down and get on with my next book! </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Or rather, copywriting job. My busy double life as a copywriter (writing for websites, blogs, brochures etc) sadly leaves me very little time for writing books these days. But I'm determined that that's going to change ... Watch this space!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252815421816284341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062717980177331785.post-75738655135456891362013-08-17T17:57:00.001-07:002013-08-17T18:15:44.773-07:00More love for The Ghost at the Point<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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The Ghost at the Point is one of the six chosen books for the Final of the <span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://readerscup.cbca.org.au/FinalsInformation.aspx">2013 CBCA Qld's Readers' Cup</a> </span>at the Brisbane Writers Festival - Year 6 - 7. Good luck to all contestants!<br />plus </h3>
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it's also in contention for the children's and YA section of the <a href="http://www.sistersincrime.org.au/content/13th-davitt-awards-best-crime-books-australian-women-gala-dinner">Sisters in Crime 2013 Davitt Awards</a> for best crime novel. Never thought of The Ghost at the Point as a crime novel before! but those 'orrible Crickles <i>are</i> pretty bad ...</h3>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252815421816284341noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062717980177331785.post-2116052971044788952013-05-15T01:01:00.001-07:002013-05-15T17:00:06.428-07:00Writing stories - are you a real life thief?<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Check out my guest author blog in the Reading For Australia website </span><a href="http://www.readingforaustralia.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/writing-stories-are-you-real-life-thief.html#more" style="font-size: x-large;">here</a><span style="font-size: large;">.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She was a year old <span style="color: #990000;">rescue cat extraordinaire</span> who had had all her kittens taken away from her, one by one :( She literally stuck her scrawny(then), scarred (then) paw out of her death row cage, cried 'Miaooow!' and grabbed me! We hadn't even noticed her until then. 'Hmm ... ' I said. 'Oh well, guess we'll have to have a cuddle ... ' And that was it - love at first purr - she's ruled the house ever since!</span></h2>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252815421816284341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062717980177331785.post-20209824859428125162012-06-26T16:57:00.000-07:002012-10-30T18:19:35.058-07:00Teachers' notes for The Ghost at the Point<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Some detailed teachers' notes for The Ghost at the Point ... Didn't know there was so much in the book!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: large;">Set in 1931 on a wild, storm-swept island (actually Kangaroo Island), <em>The Ghost at the Point</em> is a ripping yarn of shipwrecks, villainy, treasure and survival. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><em>While the plot is fast-paced and interesting, it is the realistic and affectionate descriptions of Dorrie's life, family and friends that are the true highlight of </em>The Ghost at the Point. <em>The 1930s setting offers Dorrie the freedom that most children won't dream of today, and as such provides the perfect backdrop for this feel-good adventure, which will suit children aged eight years and up. With villains, some unlikely heroes and buried treasure, this chapter book is built around an old mystery and a new one where good triumphs most emphatically over evil.</em></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252815421816284341noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062717980177331785.post-53653324490916773452011-07-06T01:06:00.001-07:002012-11-12T17:46:51.579-08:00Stuck! is being re-released in paperback ...<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252815421816284341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062717980177331785.post-83711919931442535852009-08-09T18:49:00.000-07:002012-02-02T19:39:36.792-08:00Stuck!<span style="clear: left; color: black; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614632545085567778" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eSZ0Cde1fR8/TesujVosMyI/AAAAAAAAAKU/wkXCIOO2Uss/s1600/stuck_9781921150463_CVR.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></span><strong><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: 130%;">My new picture book is </span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: 130%;"><strong><em><br />Stuck! is a Notable Book in the CBCA 2010 Awards, and is a listed book for both the NSW and the SA Premiers' Reading Challenges. It's also been shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards 2010, Young Children Category.</em></strong></span></div>
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<em><strong><span style="color: black;">'It was in the Metro section of the Saturday paper - one of those "what people are wearing in the street"-type segments, featuring a photo of the person and a paragraph underneath describing what she (it was always a girl) had chosen to put on that day. There I was, Alice McBean, looking like the typical uni student. Fair hair springing around my face, sunnies stretched across wide cheekbones, smiling my having-a-good-time smile for the camera. Except it wasn't me.'</span></strong></em><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">The original inspiration for <em>Paper Alice </em>came from just this - seeing a photo of 'myself' in the paper, that on close inspection wasn't actually me. My 'twin' was actually a Polish woman who was holidaying in Sydney ...</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">And guess what?</span> </span><span style="color: black;"><em>Paper Alice </em>is now being translated into Polish!!</span></strong>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252815421816284341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062717980177331785.post-25077660105763074572008-03-26T18:47:00.000-07:002009-08-09T19:15:56.653-07:00And my other books.....<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-ezpCz_b_Sk/SDtoemkbfwI/AAAAAAAAAEU/tU2kzUnhGnk/s1600-h/Cupid+Painted+Blind.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204868669315448578" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-ezpCz_b_Sk/SDtoemkbfwI/AAAAAAAAAEU/tU2kzUnhGnk/s200/Cupid+Painted+Blind.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="color:#00cccc;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><em>Cupid Painted Blind</em></strong> <span style="color:#00cccc;"></span></span></span><span style="color:#330033;"><br /></span></span>Another mystery – midsummer madness and first love, combined with A Midsummer Night's Dream and an anonymous Gremlin<br /><br /><p align="center"><span style="color:#009900;"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#33cc00;"><em><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></strong></em><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><em><span style="color:#33cc00;"></span></em></strong></span></span></span></p><p align="left"><span style="color:#009900;"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#33cc00;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><em><span style="color:#33cc00;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204870292813086498" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-ezpCz_b_Sk/SDtp9GkbfyI/AAAAAAAAAEk/IZUrh32jwOg/s200/Surviving+Amber.jpg" /></span></em></strong></span></span></span></p><p align="left"><span style="color:#009900;"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#33cc00;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><em><span style="color:#33cc00;">Surviving Amber</span></em></strong></span></span></span></p><p align="left">Heath's island world is turned upside down when<br />sophisticated cousin Amber and her dysfunctional<br />family come to stay.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-ezpCz_b_Sk/SD9qRmkbf4I/AAAAAAAAAFU/7fglCRj-zqg/s1600-h/settling.jpg"></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-ezpCz_b_Sk/SD92tGkbf5I/AAAAAAAAAFc/pcbDA9Zv7qI/s1600-h/014EAEHDD0L.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 65px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 96px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206010211493183378" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-ezpCz_b_Sk/SD92tGkbf5I/AAAAAAAAAFc/pcbDA9Zv7qI/s200/014EAEHDD0L.jpg" width="60" height="83" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#ff99ff;"><strong><em>Settling Storms</em></strong></span><br />Mel's hellish move from Melbourne to a tropical backwater. New school, new kids. Plus a tragedy no one should have to go through ... </p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252815421816284341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1062717980177331785.post-29421460212619886092008-01-26T19:52:00.000-08:002013-03-10T19:51:01.560-07:00For author talks and workshops, or to get in touch ...<div align="center">
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