The ocean is a capricious mistress at the best of times. One never knows which way her winds will blow and so it is with leaden hearts we bid one of our most idiosyncratic crewmembers farewell. Roving Reporter, Nette Hilton has had to jump ship as it were and is no longer able to attend the Conference. Fear not Nette for you will not miss out! We have recruited a new Rover keen to share all and sundry with you and anyone else who cannot make it to Sydney this year.
Charlotte Calder
So raise your voices and sing a welcome shanty for Roving Reporter, Charlotte Calder.
Charlotte Calder is the author of four YA novels published by Pan Macmillan, a picture book - Stuck! and a junior historical novel The Ghost at the Point, both published by Walker Books. Stuck! illustrated by Mark Jackson, was a CBCA Notable Book, 2010.
Another picture book, The Twelfth Dog (Hachette, Lothian Books imprint) is coming out at the end of January 2017, illustrated by the brilliant Tom Jellett. All about a naughty pooch who won’t give the ball back in a backyard game of cricket.
Charlotte lives with her husband, two dogs, a cat and two beautiful thoroughbreds saved from the knackery in a beautiful spot near Orange in the central west of NSW. Plus their three adult children when they drop in for the weekend. These days her time and headspace tend to get gobbled up by pressing deadlines for her daytime job as a freelance copywriter, but she’s determined to get back to writing novels for kids - one of these days!
Is this your first SCWBI Conference? If not how many have you attended, where?
This is my second CBCA conference, after 2014 at the wonderful Hughenden, in Woollahra.
What is the most memorable (SCBWI) Conference experience you’ve had to date, or hope to have?
Getting to know so many kindred spirits, and feeling so energised by the end of it all!
As a creator in the Kids Literary Industry, what do you want to be best known for?
My books being loved by their readers. (And by relevant adults doesn’t go astray either!)
Name one thing you cannot live without.
Apart from the obvious, Big Stuff … how to limit it to one?? Smooches from four legged (and other) kids, olives, chocolate, roses, sunny days … Writing, naturally, and music … and BOOKS!
Learn more about the rest of our Roving Reporters, here. And there’s more to come, when we share some tantalising tip bits about what to expect at this year’s Conference.
Rove you then!
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