Welcome to my web site. I hope you enjoy learning a little about me and seeing the covers of some of the books I have written. There is also a story for you to read at the link ‘A Story’ and if you like you can email me with your comments. As well as writing, I love making school and library visits. You can read about how to book me by going to the ‘Booking Corinne’ link. I also give presentations to adults, especially about how I came to write both ‘Queenie: One Elephant’s Story’ and ‘The Dog on the Tuckerbox’ and the stories behind the books. Hoping to meet you somewhere soon.
September 2009 Saturday 12^th, Corinne will be reading from both ‘Queenie’ and ‘The Dog on the Tuckerbox’ from 11:30am til 12 noon at the Gasworks Story Festival. See Flyer Below. Date: Saturday 12 September Time: 11am to 4pm Venue: Gasworks Arts Park Tickets: Free entry, no bookings required It's Story Time All Over the World! The Story Festival is a one day children’s festival, focusing on children’s literacy, imagination and play. It’s a free event jam-packed with art activities, performance, book launches, author events and storytelling. Gasworks Art Park – Corner Graham & Pickles Streets Albert Park. Melways: 2J H7 June 2009 The Dog on the Tuckerbox was shortlisted in the Younger Readers Category of the Australian Book Industry Awards. This book was also named a Notable Book in both the Picture Book and Eve Pownall Information Book categories of the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards for 2009. The Dog on the Tuckerbox by Corinne Fenton, illustrated by Peter Gouldthorpe Published by Black Dog Books The Dog on the Tuckerbox is the story of Lady and her master Bill. It is the story of Australia’s pioneers; the bullockies who worked the rough tracks, and of one dog’s unwavering loyalty to her master. From the award-winning author and illustrator of Queenie: One Elephant’s Story. If you are interested in having Corinne give a talk to an interested group, please contact her through this website or through Black Dog Books. The Australian Women’s Weekly – Children’s Book of the month for August Bookseller + Publisher Review June 2008 – 5 Star Review www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au The Dog on the Tuckerbox This fine picture book brought to us by the author of Queenie: One Elephant’s Story tells the story behind one of Australia’s best-loved monuments – the dog on the tucker box that sits just outside Gundagai in New South Wales. Like Queenie, this too has the feeling of a meticulously yet lovingly researched story. The text is deceptively simple, conveying in short paragraphs all the reader needs to know about Bill who, with his dog Lady, travelled through the bush in his wagon drawn by a team of bullocks, bringing much needed supplies to the early settlers. The illustrations complement the simplicity of the writing, capturing not only the closeness between the dog and her master, but also the different landscapes and changing seasons and how these made already difficult journeys even harder. Above all, however, it is a moving story about one dog’s bravery and loyalty to her owner that had this reader for one, wishing for a happier ending! This is a must for every primary school library as it opens up discussion on so many different topics – the life of pioneers, the bullocks that called on them, and, of course, the important role that dogs have played throughout history. It is also an excellent book for a child to receive as a present. Hilary Adams works in a specialist children’s bookshop in Sydney and is a freelance reviewer and writer. ‘Queenie: One Elephant’s Story’ I am delighted to tell you that ‘Queenie: One Elephant’s Story’ was shortlisted in the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards in the category of Eve Pownall Information Books and during Children’s Book Week 2007 was named an Honour Book in that category. Queenie was also named a Notable Book in that category as well as in the category of Picture Books. You can read much more about Queenie and about the writing of ‘Queenie: One Elephant’s Story’ in the separate Queenie link. ‘MAY GIBBS CREATIVE TIME RESIDENTIAL FELLOWSHIP’ I was a 2008 recipient of a May Gibbs Creative Time Residential Fellowship in both Canberra and Adelaide. In both studios I locked myself away for two weeks each and researched and wrote madly! It was the most fantastic opportunity to spend uninterrupted time doing what I like doing best. The May Gibbs Fellowship offers authors and illustrators time to break away from their daily pressures to devote a concentrated effort towards creative work. The time spent on both parts of this fellowship was used to plan, research and write an exciting book which is planned for publication by Black Dog Books in 2009. Corinne