Paridhi visited our classroom last term to motivate the children's narrative writing. She demonstrated how she illustrates her story books, read one of her stories and completed some guided drawing with the students. The children were very engaged and interested in Paridhi presentation. They were wowed when she used her technology to show how her draft drawings could be turned into the finished coloured illustrations. The students also loved her story book, Maharaja’s Quest, and enjoyed findin [...]

It was a delight to have Sarah Pye and Pongo take part in Essex Book Festival. It was the first time we have had an orangutan in the festival and what an adventure it was! Thank you, Sarah, for making the afternoon so fun and interesting - the children (and grown-ups) all had a wonderful time learning about nature and orangutans. Please come back again soon!! This talk was brilliant, fun and my child learnt lots too. It was a great event - Dr Pye was brilliant with the kids and telling her sto [...]

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!

Tim Harris is such an engaging and energetic author. His work in front of big groups as well as in classrooms with students is captivating. A successful author who really knows how to connect.

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

Brett kept the boys engaged for the entire hour with lots of positive comments and thank yous from them. The parent presentation was also well received.

We recently held a Literature & Arts Festival at St. Catherine's Catholic College, The Whitsundays for our Secondary students. All the authors that attended were entertaining, engaging and inspiring. I have had so much positive feedback from students, staff and library colleagues. The students have all been raving about how excellent the festival was, and they were disappointed at the thought of returning to classes for the rest of the week. I have had reluctant readers coming into the library t [...]

Easy to book and great communication

Our students enjoyed Sheryl's Author-in-Residence with us. She did a great job appealing to such a range of ages and I appreciate the preparation she put in ahead of time. Her sessions also inspired the older grades who have not yet read Secrets of Eromanga to continue and use the text in their lessons. The students have even done some follow up research about the Elliot dinosaur.

Candice was very easy to communicate with. She worked with three large groups of students from Years 1-6 with ease. The activities she had planned were engaging and the students gave positive feedback to their teachers after the visit.

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!

Cori Brooke was invited to speak to our Prep to year 3 students, as a part of our Book Week 2020 celebrations. She captivated them with her stories, funny props and entertaining anecdotes. She explained her personal writing process very well and it was very inspiring for students to see her notebook. Our students were full of questions and wonderment at meeting her as an author and I can report that they were thoroughly entertained for each of the 45 minute sessions. It was a very successful day [...]

Irena is a wonderful woman. At all times she was co-operative and willing to contribute her time and talent for the service of others. Her attitude and presentation were always first class. I have no hesitation in highly recommending Irena as an Artist-in Residence

The Rhyme and Meter Workshop was so fun and engaging. Our students were left clapping out rhyming books all afternoon!. Thank you for putting together such an interactive session.