Our students loved Sarah’s books and really enjoyed her workshops. They loved learning more about writing and publishing, and were also fascinated by the environmental issues and the endangered animals Sarah has based her books on. Her workshops align closely to many English, Science, HASS and Maths curriculum priorities across all Year levels. Highly recommended!

Cori was a hit amongst our boys. The boys loved listening to her read her books and talk to them about some of her favourite books. As a school, we were lucky enough to have Cori for three days and she visited all classes from Prep to Year 3. One of the activities that Cori did with our boys was to write a continuing story. At each classroom she visited, she added to the story. We are planning to read this story on assembly to the whole school. Also, before leaving our school Cori gifted us a [...]

The workshop was engaging and the boys were immediately hands-on.

Tristan was on time, well-prepared and very engaging. He pitched his talk to Year 7s perfectly and it was a good mix of talk, video and music. Students commented very favourably afterwards and hopefully picked up some useful tips for creative writing.

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

Karen was amazing with the children. She got them to open up and think about things in a different way.

Candice's presentation for our middle school children was very well received and the group selected for the writing workshop were excited and productive.

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 [...]

Irena's presentation was wonderful and more than met my expectations. She was also incredibly patient with me as we muddled through with the tech side of digital author visits and conscientious about following up. I would recommend her to any library service and hope we have the opportunity to work together again at some point.

Extremely relevant, engaging, useful resources and so many takeaway ideas for me to utilise straight away.

Nadia was a pleasure to work with. Her preparation prior to the Festival ensured that the guest authors were well versed in what they would discuss and the format of their sessions. She created a warm and welcoming ambience on stage and involved all the participants equally. She was a calm and reassuring presence for our novice presenters and they all had a very positive experience thanks to her assistance. Nadia has a professional and engaging manner and creates a great rapport with all those s [...]

Kim has just left our school and she is truly a gifted artist, author and speaker. I have not enjoyed an author visit so much. Her energy and obvious love she has for her work is infectious and the Year 2 children were captivated. The year 7 students who helped move her equipment were enthralled by her and her work and Kim is so open with children they would have kept her talking all day if I hadn’t shooed them back to class. We would like to book Kim to visit again in August if possibl [...]