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Welcome
Speakers Ink is pleased to be able to offer an ever-increasing range of bookings. Not only are our local speakers getting back into schools, we also have numerous speakers keen to tour to Qld during 2022. Details on our touring speakers can be found on our website. Highlights on a few speakers touring are listed below.
To make an enquiry, please contact our office.
Voices on Tour 2022
In addition, international bestselling author of Science, Fiction and Fantasy - Amie Kaufman - will be in Brisbane and available for bookings from 6 - 10 June, 2022.
Please refer to our Touring Speakers Page on our website for up-to-date details for new dates for 2022.
If you are interested in making a booking, please contact our office for assistance.
 The Spotlight is on....
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Katherine Battersby is the critically acclaimed author and illustrator of eleven picture books and two graphic novels published around the world, including the Squish Rabbit series, Little Wing and the popular Cranky Chicken series. Her books have received glowing reviews in The New York Times, starred Kirkus reviews and they have been shortlisted for numerous Australian awards (including the Crichton Award and the Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards).
Katherine is an experienced children's presenter, who is known for giving talks and workshops that are interactive, engaging and fun. Her book talks foster a love of reading through stories and illustration games, while her writing workshops include a series of imaginative writing tasks that help young people create vivid stories that come to life
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Katherine Battersby was our speaker and she, as always, was fabulous. She exceeded our expectations. You can't improve the experience as she's already perfect. We would definitely book her again if she was in Australia for next book week.
C & K Paddington Community Kindergarten - August, 2016
Katherine will be on tour in Brisbane from 22-26 August (Book Week). To make a booking, click here
 Write Like an Author/Draw Like an Artist
"Write Like an Author" is a school holiday event for young writers.
Held in a fun and supportive setting, this camp will see children develop and write stories with help from award-winning author Brian Falkner.
Brian is an internationally published children’s author with twenty books published in more than thirteen countries. His most recent novel is a WWII spy thriller called "Katipo Joe: Wolf's Lair".
Young writers will learn:
* How to come up with story ideas
* How to plan and outline a story
* How to come up with interesting, sympathetic characters
* The writing process, how to put it all down on paper
* Plus they’ll make new friends and have heaps of fun!
There are two options:
* 3 day camp for children aged 9 to 14
* 1 day workshop for children aged 7 to 10
In addition to the Writing Camp, there will also be a "Draw Like an Artist" Camp, conducted by the award-winning illustrator, Lucia Masciullo. This Camp is limited to the Sheldon College location only - see dates as listed below.
Young artists will learn:
* How to draw a cool character
* Different media and techniques
* How to create storyboards
* How to create a multi-layered artwork
* But most of all, you'll have heaps of fun!
There will be two locations over the school holiday period:
Immanuel Lutheran College, Buderim, Qld
The program runs from Tuesday, 28th June until Thursday, 30th June, 2022.
The camp is non-residential, and runs from 9 am to 4 pm each day
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Sheldon College, Sheldon, Qld
The program runs from Tuesday, 5th July 2022 until Thursday, 7th July 2022.
The camp is non-residential, and runs from 9 am to 4 pm each day.
The number of places on each camp is strictly limited.
For further details, or to register, please visit the following website - Write Like an Author
 
Dates for your Diary
Yours in promoting literacy from all at the Speakers Ink team,
Sandie, Margie, Jan, Lia, Rob, Matt and James
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QueenslandAuthor, Storyteller / Performer, Non-fiction, Educational consultant, Motivational