As I was not the original contact, I did not begin the journey at the start, but all the interactions I have had have been professional, timely and informative.

Jan was wonderful with our Kinder students right up to our Year 6 students. Her presentations really catered to the needs and interests of the children, particularly the older students. The Year 6 children especially loved hearing about Jan's adventures with the lions and hippos whilst also oohing and aahing at the videos of the meerkats and cute little pandas! Jan's message of how we can all help to save endangered animals really resonated with our students and they have loved poring over her b [...]

Entertaining, engaging and inspiring

Marco has been coming to our school for many years and continues to delight and entertain the students and teachers.

At our Literature Event, Taryn talked to our Year 7 students about the importance of reading and gave many tips on creative writing. She was well organised, and we had a lovely day. In the last session’s question time, the final question asked by a teacher was not to Taryn but to the students. What were they taking away from the presentation? It was wonderful that the students’ answers were many and varied. Student feedback during the day included: She was really good, and I learnt so much. [...]

Thank you to Dr. Sarah for coming to our school and giving our children the opportunity to learn about wildlife and play an important role to safe animals. The activities also gave them a good chance to learn and speak English and cultivate children' their interest in reading. We hope Dr Sarah, you can visit next year again.

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 [...]

Barry was well received by all the schools that he visited. His participation in our Readers Cup Competition was also great. He was an asset to the overall event.

David added a new dimension to our writer’s camp, introducing students to new possibilities for enhancing their narrative writing. I have all kinds of ideas for how we might use David’s services to enhance our writing programs in the future.

Mary’s visit was such a wonderful part of our ASH workshop! She read her books, shared her experience as an author, celebrated the children’s ideas, kept them focused and even gave the children craft activities to take home. The kids were completely engaged and loved every moment. We’re so grateful to Mary for inspiring our young creators!

Pamela's visit was very well received by our girls. The PowerPoint presentations and worksheets she used to accompany her workshops with our year 8 and 10 girls were engaging and useful for the girls when thinking about how to successfully structure a story. I would thoroughly recommend Pamela for an author visit to other schools, particularly all girls' schools as many of her novels deal with females as the main protagonists.

Rory Mather was an outstanding presenter who had students engaged from beginning to end. His humour, energy and storytelling skills kept everyone entertained, and he made the session highly interactive. A highlight was watching Rory create a story live with the students, encouraging their ideas and showing the creative writing process in action. Students were excited to participate and left feeling inspired to read and write. I would highly recommend Rory Mather for any school looking for a fun, [...]