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Writers in Schools visits

We have over 200 of Aotearoa’s best novelists, journalists, poets, playwrights, screenwriters, essayists, storytellers and illustrators available to inspire your students and staff, either in person or by video call.

One of the benefits of being a Read NZ Te Pou Muramura member school is that we can subsidise the cost of your first Writers in Schools visit each year. School membership costs $150 +GST and the price of a second or subsequent author visitor visits, or visits booked after the term cut-off dates, starts at $330.

Please note: Bookings for Term 4 have closed. We are only taking bookings for Term 1, 2025 now.

Tues 20 August 2024

Bookings close for Term 4, 2024
Bookings open for Term 1, 2025

Wednesday 11th Dec 2024

Bookings close for Term 1, 2025
Bookings open for Term 2, 2025*

*Please note: any requests for author bookings for Term 2 placed after 11th Dec, will be responded to in the new year.

Check out our Writers in Schools FAQ to help answer some of your questions in more detail.

If you’d like to discuss your options, please contact our Programmes Manager, Simie, on 021 239 0478 or simie@read-nz.org

Are you a member?*

Yes*

No*

Is this your first visit this year?*

Yes*

No*

Are you willing to pay additional travel costs?*

Yes, up to $700*

Yes, up to $200*

No*

Where is your school?

How old are your students?

What sort of author?

What would you like them to do?

When would you like your visit? Please select at least three possible dates*

How long would you want author for?

Date exceptions and any other comments

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Writers available

You can rank up to three author choices before submitting this booking.

To learn more about the authors available, you can visit our Writers Files.

Please note that if your preferred choice of author isn’t local, additional travel costs will be needed.

If you’d like to request a particular author but can’t see them on the list, please just type their name or any other message into the ‘Date exceptions’ box. We’ll know what you mean!

Please select from the options above to see available authors

Submit your booking

If you would like to discuss your options, please contact Simie Simpson:
Phone: 021 239 0478
Email: simie@read-nz.org

Once you’ve submitted your booking request, our system will automatically email you a summary. We’ll follow up with you personally as soon as we can.

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Writers in Schools visits

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