In 2019 Fifi spoke at a fundraising event I was organising - “Behind the Scenes at World of Wearable Art” - giving the perspective of an entrant and winner in the design competition. She was nothing but professional in terms of preparation for the event and her delivery. Fifi went to the trouble of bringing a mannequin dressed in one of her creations and described the process to get to this final stage. She had the audience riveted from the point that she held up a Barbie doll and explained th [...]

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 [...]

Thank you for organising Phil Kettle for us. He was another success story and one of his strengths is that he is an assured writer and the children appreciated that it is his real occupation and has been for years. His books are well known to our students. Phil was prepared to be easy going and also fitted in a visit to a year 5 class which was not on his program. I really appreciate this flexibility.

After Kathmandu announced the acquisition of Rip Curl, Tim did a magnificent job bringing “The Rip Curl Story” to life at our Kathmandu management conference. He was inspiring, full of humour and very knowledgeable sharing the essence of Rip Curl and its founders. The entire management team – around 70 team members – had a great evening listening to Tim. We are even more excited about partnering up with an iconic brand like Rip Curl after Tim’s presentation.’

Our visiting students, teachers and library staff greatly enjoyed Jacqueline’s presentations during the Festival. Her adaptability, great sense of humour and professionalism shone through the various workshops that she delivered and were lively and student-centred. We have had terrific feedback from students and families who joined the library service as a result of her passion for writing and libraries.

Josh was very engaging and flexible in his presentations. On the morning of presentation I mentioned that year 7 was studying protest poetry and he slipped a protest poem into his presentation. The students were very impressed and thoroughly enjoyed his presentation, talking about for days.

Your presentation was fascinating and I thought the way you linked the story with the research process and family connection was perfect

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

His simple way of engaging the boys was a breath of creative fresh air! I am sure his insights and abilities will be remembered and applied as the boys seek their own ways of expressing themselves.

Cath’s passion for writing is so infectious – certainly some of the best feedback we’ve had on a speaker.

We had Lisa speak to our year 4-6 students ... The sessions were much like her books – funny, engaging, quirky and with something for everyone. Lisa adapted each session beautifully to the age group, using her different stories to inspire writing activities and imaginative thinking. …the girls were captivated for the whole session.