Bernadette Kelly
Information for teachers
Bernadette is available for visits to schools and community groups by arrangement. Contact Bernadette for fee schedule. Travel expenses may apply depending on distance.
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Certificate Of Short Story Writing: Holmesglen College of Tafe, 1995
Diploma of Arts: Professional Writing and Editing, 2000
BSZ40198 Certificate IV in Assessment & Workplace Training, 2004
2010 Fellow: May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust
Member:
Australian Society of Authors
Children’s Book Council of Australia
Society of Children’s Book Writer's and Illustrators
PUBLISHED CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Pearson Education:
Cartwheeling Carlie (fiction)
Special Talent (fiction, also featured in audio set)
Bugs Away! (fiction)
Puppy Puzzle (fiction)
Long Jump (early maths)
Gold Dust (compilation)
Mind Games (thinking games)
Horwitz Martin:
Weather Works (non-fiction)
In Flight (non-fiction)
Nature's Wonders (non-fiction)
Nelson Thomson:
Encyclopedia Of Dangerous Animals (non-fiction)
Country Vet (non-fiction)
Saving My Sister (fiction)
Rules Rule (fiction)
Crazy Cuisine (fiction)
Hamid's Heroes (fiction)
Black Dog Books:
Riding High series (fiction)
If Wishes Were Horses
Making The Grade
Leap of Faith
Team Challenge
Heads or Tails?
Balancing Act
Making Waves
Pony Trek
Published by Stonearch Books in USA as ‘Ridgeview Riding Club’ series (If Wishes Were Horses, Courage to Ride, Leap of Faith and Team Challenge
Pony Patch series (fiction)
Naughty Norton
Losing Norton
Norton Saves the Day
Norton’s Blue Ribbon
The Pony Patch Collection
Published by Stonearch Books in USA as ‘Pony Tales’ (Naughty Norton, Who Stole Norton, Norton Saves the Day and Norton’s First Show)
OTHER PUBLISHED WORKS
‘Ute Man’
April release 2010, Short and scary anthology published by Black Dog Books
Herald Sun
"Women Get The Big Push" Opinion piece, 1998
Hume City Gazette
A series of information articles and interviews for AUSTSWIM, 1996
Stage Whispers Performing Arts Magazine
Contributor – interviews and reviews, 1997-2003
IB World
Feature article for IB World, Geneva, 2000
Together Alone: Poems and Stories for Daffodil Day
'War Hero' (Edited by John Clarke), Text Publishing
Weekly Times
'Trotting a Path to Adulthood' Personal recount, 1995
PUBLISHING & EDITING
Freelance editing:
Masters theses, business reports and health industry reports
Black Dog Books:
Editing non-fiction and fiction text for the children's educational market
Australian Book Review:
Proofreading and copyediting for Melbourne based literary magazine
Shortlist judge:
Glen Eira Literary Awards, 1999-2000
Judge:
Beveridge festival young writer's short story competition, 2003
TEACHING
Literacy Tutor
Children and adults, 2008–2010
Community Based VCAL Program
Numeracy & Literacy Tutor, 2004
Developing and delivering numeracy and literacy program to CBVCAL students at Seymour, Victoria. Covering writing, reading, numeracy, oracy and general curriculum.
Wallan Primary School
Author Mentor Program, 1997-2003
Coordinating and teaching: a creative writing competition and workshops to develop childrens stories and creative writing talents. Stories published annually as anthologies, picture books or calendars and publicly launched. Students from this program have been awarded significant prizes at shows and in writing competitions, including Imagination Creation and Nestle Write around Australia.
School author visits
Workshops and presentations, 2006 – current
Tailored programs to meet school requirements
Shortlist judge:
Glen Eira Literary Awards, 1999-2000
Judge:
Beveridge festival young writer's short story competition, 2003
Marketing and Volunteer Recruitment Coordinator
Extended Families Australia, 2009 – current
PR/Communications, Media, Website to raise organisation profile and recruit volunteers to assist families with children with disabilities.