What an absolute joy it was to have Kat working at our school this week, as part of the May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust. Both students and teachers have been inspired with her passion for poetry and children’s literature. Kat conveyed how only a few select words on a page can be the makings of a great piece of poetry! How brilliant, is this sage advice for the reluctant writer! Kat’s lesson content and creativity will definitely help our students continue to shine like diamonds!

When Charlotte took the stage and started speaking, you could have heard a pin drop. She seamlessly took the audience along with her on a journey through the ocean featuring whales, coral reefs – and sharks of course. Her boundless enthusiasm and obvious passion kept our attention with a mixture of science and humour. She is an incredible and engaging presenter who easily captivates an audience when she speaks, I could listen to her talk all day!

Clear and timely responses to emails and queries.

The Meanjin writers' camp hosted Peter Carnavas recently. Peter was fabulous and positive feedback was received. The students were very happy.

I recently had the pleasure of working with Rory H. Mather, and I can’t recommend him highly enough. His insights and expertise into lyrical story writing and rhyme is amazing and the art of story and persistance is truly inspirational. Rory’s approach combines practicality with deep emotional intelligence, enabling students to unlock their potential and achieve their writing goals with a never give up approach. The strategies he offers are not only effective but also easy to implement, making a [...]

'Thank you so much for your visit - the students loved it and your books are in high circulation. We would be very happy to recommend you to any library!!

Charlotte visited our school and spoke with three large groups of Preps, Yr 1 and Yr 2. She was very engaging, easy to listen to, interesting and interactive. She shared some of her childhood stories and also explained how she comes up with writing ideas. Each session was tailored well to each age group, sharing her range of different books each time. Charlotte also responded well to the Yr 6 Podcast questions about the reflective and collaborative aspects of being an author. I can very highly [...]

Jan Latta’s presentation was fantastic. The children were enthralled hearing about Jan’s encounters with various animals in the wild. They loved her videos as well. Jan altered her presentation to fit the various age groups she spoke with across all stages of the Primary years. Her presentations triggered some very interesting questions among the children. A large number were so intrigued that they bought her books and those who didn’t have been clamouring to be the first to bo [...]

We had the great pleasure to be able to organise an Author’s week at our school last term. Julie was one of the fabulous authors invited to address some of our classes, receiving more positive feedback from students and their parents than about any other author. She inspired students to write and captured their imagination with stories about her real life experiences. We have worked with Julie on a number of occasions over the past couple of years, and will continue to invite her back to s [...]

It was really really good and I liked going through the photos. She took a really good photo and we all didn't know it was a fake! I enjoyed that she had a lot of description about how she made her three books come together. She told us about the prehistoric times and the characters. It was fun. Jo gave us tips for our writing and it was nice to know that new and different stuff.

Marco was, as always, fantastic. I would totally recommend him to other schools. His manner with the boys is great and they thoroughly enjoyed the show.