Author Visits

One of my favourite things about being a children’s author is visiting schools and libraries. It is a real thrill to encourage a love of reading and to inspire children to create their own stories.

Virtual visits

I offer virtual visits too, using Zoom,  Google Meet or Microsoft Teams. For £80 for a 50 minute session,  I can offer an illustrated talk and chapter reading followed by a pupil Q & A.

Assembly sessions

As an ex-primary teacher I am confident about working with primary aged children and I am happy to do author visits to schools, libraries and other events.  My goals during my assembly sessions are to encourage and inspire primary aged pupils to write their own stories, by telling them about my own journey to publication and by talking about my inspirations in writing my books and the importance of creating an interesting setting and characters with distinctive voices.

I’ll read an extract from one or two of my novels, depending on teacher/organiser preferences, and will finish with a question and answer session. If preferred or as an add-on to the assembly, I can organise creative writing workshops with individual classes.

Creative writing workshops

I have experience in running creative writing workshops both with classes and smaller groups of children. Titanic themed workshops involve creating story characters based on some real life Titanic survivors, creating suspense, using dialogue or creating effective story endings -all these workshops are Titanic themed.

I can also offer more general workshops on aspects of story writing: creating relatable characters, mapping and describing an interesting setting, writing gripping openers to hook the reader into the story, building tension and atmosphere, using dialogue effectively and giving a story a satisfying ending.

Do get in touch to discuss costs as those will depend on length and number of workshops required. 

Getting in touch

Schools and libraries can contact me directly at lindsay-1@hotmail.co.uk to talk about their preferences or they can choose to access the Live Literature scheme through the Scottish Book Trust.

Here’s some feedback from recent visits:

You were so amazing!! The kids are all still talking about you! The teachers said it was the best visit they have ever seen from an author!  Hillhead Primary Glasgow

‘Thank you so much for coming! You were a great speaker and very inspiring! The kids loved your visit and are very grateful you gave up your own time to come visit us (as am I)! Thank you very much!’
P7 St Patrick’s Primary Greenock

‘Thank you so much for your visit to our school. The children and staff involved really enjoyed it. Every class is reading your book as our class novel-and loving it! It’s really given everyone motivation to read more and write more.’

King’s Park Primary Glasgow