Thursday 14th March, 6:30pm
Calling all teachers, librarians, parents/carers and kids' book lovers! Join author Charlotte Barkla in conversation with Megan Daley, for the launch of 11 Ruby Road: 1900, the first book in an endearing historical fiction series for readers 7+, set in our very own Brisbane.
Celebrate over wine, nibbles and great company at Where the Wild Things Are on Thursday 14th March from 6:30pm
The house at Number 11 Ruby Road has stood on the corner for more than one hundred and fifty years. It has provided shelter, warmth and comfort to many families. Like Dorothy’s family, the McIntyres, in 1900 ...
Dorothy and her family have moved to the city, and life is very different to the rural one she has known. Ruby Road is bustling – full of families and children, horse-drawn carts and even a mysterious dog. Best of all her new home has a secret writing room that only she knows about. There are many reasons for her family’s move, but Dorothy has her own plans. She has to settle into a new school, make new friends and find an ingenious way to help the suffragists in their fight for women's right to vote! Perhaps her secret writing room holds the answer.
Join Dorothy and the inhabitants of 11 Ruby Road in 1900, as a newly federated nation, and a new century … begins.
Charlotte Barkla is a Brisbane-based writer who worked as a civil engineer and physics teacher before rediscovering her love for children’s literature. She writes picture books, early middle-grade fiction and feature articles.
Charlotte’s books include 11 Ruby Road, All Bodies are Good Bodies, the Edie’s Experiments series and From My Head to My Toes, I Say What Goes. She has five books due to be published over 2024/2025, including a fiction series with Walker Books Australia, a picture book with Hachette, and a junior fiction series with Scholastic. Charlotte’s books have been translated in multiple languages and short-listed for awards, and she has received grants and mentorships for her fiction writing.
As well as writing for children, Charlotte writes feature articles for publications including the CSIRO’s Double Helix, Beanz magazine and Youkie magazine. She regularly visits schools, libraries and festivals for creative writing workshops, sharing her passion for creativity and stories with children of all ages.
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