Comments on: Going back to school: writers-as-volunteers https://fionajoseph.com/789/ Sun, 20 Mar 2016 16:10:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.27 By: Tina https://fionajoseph.com/789/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:10:18 +0000 http://fionajoseph.dev/?p=789#comment-335 I think at a certain point most writers who are frequently asked to make visits to schools and speak at other public events would expect to be paid. Most schools do have budgets for that, or they can link with their local libraries who can arrange author visits for school groups. Most of the visits I do to libraries are paid by the local council and school groups attend for free.

]]> By: Tina https://fionajoseph.com/789/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:49:18 +0000 http://fionajoseph.dev/?p=789#comment-334 Oh, also the Reader Development Officer at Central Library is a good resource. The one for Birmingham is called Nikki Bi and I know the one for Walsall is Sonia Dixon. They have links with lots of local writers.

]]> By: Tina https://fionajoseph.com/789/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:47:45 +0000 http://fionajoseph.dev/?p=789#comment-333 NAWE is also linked to ARTSCAPE and it lists artists that are available to go into schools.

Writing West Midlands also has a link to ‘Writing People’ and many of the writers listed are available to go into schools.

]]> By: Fiona https://fionajoseph.com/789/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:00:01 +0000 http://fionajoseph.dev/?p=789#comment-57 Hi Alexa, thanks for visiting. It’s great to hear that your school is keen on author visits. Apart from having a look at the NAWE register and the First Story list of authors in my blog post, you could also visit the Write On! project: http://bit.ly/3rvAPn which is Birmingham-based.
What about contacting your local university, especially if it has a Creative Writing department, which a lot of them do these days? They may be able to recommend some student writers who would like to visit.
Another tip (forgive me if you’ve already tried this one) is to ask the parent body! There are bound to be some authors – budding or established – who may be dying for an invitation to share their knowledge.
Hope that helps for the moment. If anyone else has any other ideas please share!
Fiona

]]> By: AlexaK https://fionajoseph.com/789/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:51:23 +0000 http://fionajoseph.dev/?p=789#comment-53 Dear Fiona,

I’m a TA in a primary school (year 1 and 2s) and would love to have some writers come and visit. Any advice for how we go about it? Thanks. Alexa

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