I thoroughly enjoyed Juliette's visit. She was bright happy and energetic and honest. We all loved her sense of humour. I loved the way she opened up about a writer’s life and her family, the children could really identify with her. Room 3's eyes were alight when she read the book we had focused on. It was great for the students to have Juliette explain how she created 'Gwendolyn' as that was the book that was assigned to our class. It was particularly great for the children to see how an auth [...]

We were absolutely transfixed by your Presentation. I have never had so many Members approach me to thank me for finding you for our club. Quite a group of us always have coffee downstairs after our Meeting & we all agreed that we were indeed very privileged to have you share your story with us. I have been lucky enough to find some very interesting people to speak to us this year; they all have been great but you were by far the most talented & accomplished speaker we have had – not just this [...]

So great to be immersed in a writer’s mind and thought process. The first hand experience about how to write and reasons to write were invaluable. A real opportunity to learn more about the writing process and he inspired the children as I was. I love the connection with the outside classroom world where writing has a place. Students were engaged and motivated. Phillip has an engaging way of speaking, and relating back to his general experience made it more meaningful.

Gregg was absolutely amazing! Our students and staff were so excited to meet Gregg and he was very generous with his time in drawing pictures and autographing, and he even did special drawing of an emu which is our school totem. Gregg truly inspired both teachers and staff with his stories and tips on writing that I have since heard teachers talking about. We loved his messages on culture and being respectful and the information about Tiddalick frogs and many other things. Gregg was engaging and [...]

Having Kim come to our centre for her art workshops has been an amazing experience. Even children who usually have no interest in art or being inside found a lot of excitement and passion as Kim arrived each day. Her expertise really shines through as she explains often complex art concepts in a way our 4 and 5-year-olds understood. Each lesson builds on from the previous one, helping children not only understand art a little better but also shapes, colours, and other academic aspects. We foun [...]

Our students got so much out of your author in residence program. Thank you for sharing your time and expertise with us

Last Friday, Year 1 students were treated to a very entertaining and informative session with Lisa Hollier and Tracey Roper. Their presentation was a visual feast of images and creativity. Every minute of the one hour session was effectively used and the students remained engaged and interested the whole time. Both Lisa and Tracey displayed good rapport with the students and were able to keep them interested with a variety of activities during their presentation. Tracey explained how she uses [...]

Kellie was well prepared and engaging during her storytime sessions. She catered well to the audience ages and we enjoyed hearing her back story as well.

We’ve had our Author Visit with Catherine Bateson during Book Week and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Alison presented to our Year 7s as part of their work in English on writing from a perspective as a historical figure. She held the students’ interest with her calm delivery and engaging stories about how she used historical research into her own middle grade novel, inspiring them to weave interesting facts into their own work. Ali was easy to work with and very professional; I was particularly impressed with how she linked our students’ work with her own presentation to make it even more relata [...]

Thank you for recommending Richard for this year’s Literature Festival Day. It was a huge success and we have had wonderful feedback from students and teachers.

Easy to find and book speakers. Much easier than contacting authors individually as many do not answer anyway.