How to prepare for a school visit By Deepa Agarwal
School visits are becoming an essential part of the business of writing books for children. The role of the reading habit in education is gaining weight and more and more schools are inviting authors to interact with their students. These visits provide an ideal opportunity for authors to engage directly with their audience. You can receive immediate feedback on your work or at least introduce it, if the children are not familiar with your writing.I have found that just an hour spent chatting with a group of lively youngsters can be extremely stimulating too. You do want to make it memorable for your audience. Toensure a pleasant and fruitful experience for yourself as well, the first step is to sort out the essential details when you get such an invitation from a school, your publisher or a bookseller. Such as: · School details—address, phone number and directions to get there · Age grou...