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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 The Children's Writer
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Units Teaching this Work

Text Unit Name Institution Year
y separately published work icon The Children's Writer Gary Crew , Pymble : Fourth Estate , 2009 Z1626443 2009 single work novel (taught in 2 units)

'Charlie Bloome wants to be a writer. Twenty-three years old, he is studying literature and living with his gamine partner, Alice - 'Lootie' - who plans to be a teacher and is less than supportive of Charlie's dreams.

'Into their lives comes the flamboyant Sebastian Chanteleer, an ageing but internationally acclaimed children's writer.

'Upon meeting, Lootie and Chanteleer establish an immediate bond. As the children's writer makes his presence felt in the younger couple's lives, Charlie struggles to come to terms with his own past and identity, and with what is happening to Lootie.

'Does Charlie have what it takes to be a writer? Does Chanteleer represent the best or worst a writer can be? And what happens to those caught up in a writer's world?' (From the publisher's website.)

Writing For Children And Young Adults University of the Sunshine Coast 2014 (Semester 1)
y separately published work icon The Children's Writer Gary Crew , Pymble : Fourth Estate , 2009 Z1626443 2009 single work novel (taught in 2 units)

'Charlie Bloome wants to be a writer. Twenty-three years old, he is studying literature and living with his gamine partner, Alice - 'Lootie' - who plans to be a teacher and is less than supportive of Charlie's dreams.

'Into their lives comes the flamboyant Sebastian Chanteleer, an ageing but internationally acclaimed children's writer.

'Upon meeting, Lootie and Chanteleer establish an immediate bond. As the children's writer makes his presence felt in the younger couple's lives, Charlie struggles to come to terms with his own past and identity, and with what is happening to Lootie.

'Does Charlie have what it takes to be a writer? Does Chanteleer represent the best or worst a writer can be? And what happens to those caught up in a writer's world?' (From the publisher's website.)

Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults University of the Sunshine Coast 2015 (Semester 1)
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