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Ann Scotchmer’s Diary 1918–1919
Brand new book set in New South Wales, Australia during the Spanish Flu epidemic. This is a historical fiction based on real people and real events in Nowra when it was a relatively new town but already thriving with three pubs and two schools. Ann descends from two prominent families of the region.
OFFICIAL BOOK LAUNCH: Sunday 27 November 2022, 2.00 pm, Nowra Museum, 75 Kinghorne Street, Nowra, NSW. You can purchase it now online. Go to Book Sales page.
Writing for the Educational Market
Clickview Films – Since 2022, I have been writing scripts for this highly respected company. These include several scripts for the American market.
International book publisher’s invitation in 2021 – I was approached by an international publisher to write/develop ten short books for early readers through to older readers; fiction and nonfiction.
Latest publications
Bollywood series now available for readers aged 7-12 years
Both books available at Smashwords
Carole’s Reading Corner – Anthology of 8 stories previously published by Storm Cloud Publishing
Great reading for children aged 7+ Available from Smashwords
In May 2022 Storm Cloud Publishing accepted my story ‘Nettie’s New Friend’ for Short Tales 8, available on Smashwords.
In December 2021 Storm Cloud Publishing accepted my story ‘Christmas Treat for a Lost Dog’ for Christmas Tales 6, available on Smashwords.
In May 2021 Storm Cloud Publishing accepted my story ‘The Comfort of Pets’ for Short Tales 7, available on Smashwords.
Christmas Tales 5 by Storm Cloud Publishing is out now with my story, ‘Tabitha’s Lucky Day’. Tabitha is a cat who narrowly escapes a bush fire. It is available on Smashwords.
In May 2020 Storm Cloud Publishing accepted another of my short stories for young readers in their sixth anthology. ‘Broken House’ is now available on Smashwords. I wrote this in response to older houses being demolished in my suburb and being replaced with brand new ones. Bella visits her grandparents and witnesses this happening and the repercussions.
‘One More Wish’ was also published by Storm Cloud Publishing in their Christmas Anthology 4 (2019), available at Smashwords. Set in Victorian England, Isabelle longs to be a boy and have fun like her brothers. ‘Be careful what you wish for, Isabelle!’
Also in 2019, in ‘Puffin Pip’s Big Sea Adventure’, a young Irish puffin finds himself on the Canadian coast after being rescued by sailors. Available at Smashwords.
Another story published in 2018 by Storm Cloud Publishing is ‘Revving Up’ which addresses the closing of Australia’s last Holden factory in Adelaide and the impact on workers’ families, as seen through the eyes of a young boy. As with many of my writings for children, a serious theme is addressed in an entertaining way.
Creative Kids Tales Anthology (2017) – Missing and One More Wish (my two short stories). Anthology compiled by Georgie Donaghey.Prints Charming Books – The Toy Chest Anthology (2017) – Old Ted (short story). Anthology compiled by Sally Odgers.
Storm Cloud Publishing published my short story Another World in Short Tales for Kids 2 anthology (2016).
In My World – my chapter book for children aged 7–11 that celebrates diversity in children’s literature (2016).
Storm Cloud Publishing published my story A Present from Paris in their Short Tales for Kids anthology (2015). Available at https://www.smashwords.com/
Prize winner! My entry of excerpt from Another World is in the first Creative Kids Tales eBook available through Smashwords. https://www.smashwords.com/
Ziptales Educational Website (Australia and UK) – Mimi’s Gift (short story) purchased August 2011
See also my profile on the Creative Kids Tales website