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Benjamin Gilmour is a very engaging speaker with a wealth of personal experience and wonderful anecdotes. Given the breadth of his creativity in writing as well as film, no student leaves his talks without being touched in some way.

Today went really well; David was great - the kids learnt a lot.

Nick is great to work with and the boys were very engaged by his presentations.

Dimity did a great job off the cusp with filling in at the last minute. Next time we would probably have her writing workshop talk about mythical creatures and dragons to tie in with Marc's drawing of the dragons from Deltora Quest. This way the writing group that went first would have a link to use when they went to the drawing workshop.

Katherine Battersby’s workshops and story sessions are full of joy, creativity and imagination. With her gentle warmth and playful humour, she instantly connects with her young audience and brings her books to life. Linked to primary years learning outcomes, her sessions spark curiosity and confidence. Katherine’s “Cranky Comics” sessions invited upper primary and lower secondary school learners the chance to explore comic panelling, speech bubbles and storytelling in a lively hands-on workshop [...]

I invited Angie to speak at an event at the School of Languages and Cultures, The University of Queensland (15-16 August, 2025). Angie gave a beautiful presentation and book reading; the audience included undergraduate and postgraduate students, academics, professional translators, and members of the general public, and this wide-ranging audience was both moved and inspired by her presentation. Angie’s joyful cross-cultural approach was perfectly suited to the event, and she also provided a live [...]

Allison was engaging with both parents and students at our extracurricular book club. Her presentation was interesting, and Allison was asked many many questions and eagerly responded to every one of them. Allison is a delightful guest, and I would recommend her to any school, library or book club.

We had a lovely Literature Event yesterday. Barry Jonsberg was fantastic, all the sessions went smoothly and we have had great feedback from the staff and students. Barry’s sessions had the students laughing and applauding throughout. We are now thinking about next year and would love to have Barry back. We had a great time, thanks so much.

Fantastic connection to the students, very easy going and such a humble man.

Sarah came and read her fantastic book “Meowster Chef” with our whole school during our Literacy Week, November 2022. Sarah not only engaged each group, but organised a cooking activity for after the reading, which the students loved. Our school is a Special Developmental school, which Sarah hadn’t attended before, so she generously gave up her time to walk around the school and chat with me about how to best engage with our students – amazing!! We all loved having Sarah attend our school and [...]

Samantha Wheeler visited Wooloowin State School on Wednesday 28 August and presented 4, one hour sessions for Years 3 - 6 students. Her presentations were tailored to each of the year level student groups. The students were totally engaged in the presentation and this was due to Samantha's style of presentation with anecdotes and information about her books. She also discussed the art of writing with the students, and as Writing is a focus for us at Wooloowin this year, her talks hit the mark. A [...]