Peter's workshop was, without a doubt, the highlight of our library year! We already have plans to invite Peter back for a follow-up workshop in the near future. I also wanted to thank you for making Peter available to schools through Speakers Ink.

Pat Flynn was engaging, funny and had the students sitting attentively hanging off every word. His books are now on demand and we can't wait to see what he will write next.

You have done a fabulous job. The boys and I am certain that you will be responsible for the conversion of some of the boys from non-readers to keen readers and future writers. Copies of Moonshadow are flying out the library as I write. Once again, from Iona, a very sincere thank you for the wonderful author in residence week. I know that your presentations and workshops resonated with our students. Wishing you all the very best and hope to see you again soon.

Angela, I wanted to commend you on your presentation on Saturday at Writer's Block in Nerang. I thoroughly enjoyed it! I thought it would just be factual and informative, I wasn't expecting your amazing humour. If you heard someone cackling at the back all the time, that was me. I have come away equipped with a large to-do-list and enthusiasm to match. Thank you so much for taking the time to spend the day with us.

“Tiff is an engaging and creative educator and a great collaborator, I would highly recommend her work”

Nikki Rogers captivated our students during Library Day! They responded enthusiastically to her engaging presentation and thoroughly enjoyed exploring her books. She provided wonderful insights into her writing and illustration techniques, inspiring creativity at every turn. A highlight of the session was the drawing activity, where students had the chance to design their own chickens and imagine unique worlds for them. It was fascinating to see the journey from an initial idea to a published an [...]

“Really gave us an insight into her passion. Very commanding presence instantly captivating the audience.”

The visit from Jenni, met the expectation of giving the children the experience of a storyteller. The children were very engaged, and she was very good at encouraging audience participation. I was able to observe two of her sessions, and found that each session was adjusted to the group of children at the time. She used different stories with the two groups and even had two of the children act out the main characters of the story. I think the sessions were very good, and could not suggest any i [...]

Tamsin's intervention was of very high quality. She explained very well where her inspiration to write came from. She got the students involved. She answered their questions.

All the students loved Stef’s story workshops and we now have some very enthusiastic young authors at Lisieux. Her presentations and workshops were pitched at the perfect level for each age group. The Foundations got on board with acting out scenes from A Home for Luna and Stef had complete control over this activity. She also had the older students enthused about creating imaginative stories with her visual story seed workshop where they all had a chance to contribute to some terrific story ide [...]

Faultless as usual.

Kate and Jol delivered engaging workshops for our students, focusing on narrative writing strategies in the lead-up to NAPLAN. They worked with students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9, presenting interactive and age-appropriate sessions that captured students’ interest. Students left the workshops with practical ideas and strategies that they were able to apply in their NAPLAN writing tasks and in classroom assessment. We particularly appreciated the flexibility of their presentation format, which was e [...]

The students and teachers were very impressed with Peter and should funds allow, we would like to have him back again next year.