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 WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS:

**I've visited schools in the U.S., Brazil, Italy, Panama, Scotland, and Singapore!**
 
School Visits:
 Full day visit consists of 3 presentations (any group size, whatever format desired—hands-on writing workshop, class group discussions, assembly style lecture and Q&A, etc.) plus other events on the same day, such as lunch with the author, book signing, book club visit, etc.
Cost: $1,500 plus travel & accommodation, unless local (within 20 miles of Charlottesville, VA). For a multi-day visit at the same school, subsequent daily fees are substantially reduced.
 
I also do multi-day visits and have done up to two-week long writing workshops with students.
Note: I only do half-day visits locally (within 20 miles of Charlottesville, VA). 
Cost: $1,000.
 
Speeches / Presentations:
Local (within 20 miles of Charlottesville, VA):
One lecture/speech/workshop
Cost: $750
Full day lecture/speech/workshop (includes evening event, if desired)
Cost: $2,000
 
Outside Charlottesville, VA:
One lecture/speech/workshop 
Cost: $750 - $1,750, depending on travel
 
Full day lecture/speech/workshop
Cost: $2,000 ($2,500 if evening event is added to full day)
 
Travel
Host covers plane / train fees.
If I decide to drive (usually only shorter distances), there is no mileage fee.
 
Accommodation
Host covers hotel or B&B for night before event, as well as during, and possibly after event, depending on timing and flights.
 
Note: Schools in the same area may coordinate visits so that I visit one school on Monday, for example, and another on Tuesday, allowing the schools to split travel and accommodation costs.


Email me for any more information -- thanks!

Here's my appearance on Meet the Author!  There are clips about my research for Mockingbird and how I overcome writer's block, as well as info about the Mockingbird play and links to study guides for Mockingbird and Seeing Red.

​Here's a podcast interview with The Writer's Story! 

Note from Kathy about school visits:
​On a day I'm visiting a school I always wake up smiling. It's a gift. A chance to connect with at least one child, hopefully many, whether it's about writing or reading or, more importantly, making them feel heard, cared for, and important. It's a job teachers, librarians and administrators do every single day, but for an author it's a special occasion. Here's an example:
As I was leaving a school, 7th grader saw me -- "Oh! It's you!" -- and ran over to shake my hand. "Thank you for coming and thank you for answering our questions." Wincing a little, he said, "I know not everyone was listening, but most of us were." He shook my hand again, saying, "Thank you for inspiring us."
Often it's me who receives the gift of feeling heard, cared for, and important. That's one of the many reasons we authors love school visits. Thank you.

EVENTS:

PODCAST w/Jen Nail
​
CHECK OUT "REVISIONS, HOW OUR FAVORITE BOOKS CHANGE US," a fabulous podcast by Jen Nails--we had such a fun conversation!

April 1, 8, & 15, 2025

Novel Fundamentals
​3 class workshop via Zoom
WriterHouse, Charlottesville, VA
January - April, 2025
Whale Rock mentorship (online)
January 22, 2025
Author Visit
Stony Point Elementary School
​Keswick, VA
January 7 - 28, 2025
( 7 - 9 pm, EST)
​Whale Rock Workshop on Novel Foundations (online)

Prior Events

Interview w/Keith Henry Brown, My Dad is a DJ

Interview w/ Steve Bickmore

October 26, 2024
1st Annual Crozet Book Festival
​Panel Discussion, 10 am
Bar Botanical
2025 Library Avenue
Crozet, VA 22932
August - December 2024
Whale Rock mentorship (online)
October 19, 2024
Homecoming Author Breakfast with co-author and illustrator, Keith Henry Brown
Swem Library, 8:30 am
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA
October 10, 2024, 6 - 8 pm
Panel Discussion with author Anne Marie Pace
James Monroe's Highland
2050 James Monroe Parkway
​Charlottesville, VA 22902
September 27, 2024
Immaculate Conception School
Colliers, Newfoundland
​Canada
September 20 - 26, 2024
Whale Rock Workshop
Cavendish, PEI, Canada
Participant & Assistant
August 2, 2024
SCBWI First Pages Panel(with Agents Jacqui Lipton and Kelly Dyksterhouse)
The Front Porch
221 East Water St.
Charlottesville, VA 
May 17, 2024
Bunessan Primary School
Isle of Mull, Scotland
January - April 2024
Whale Rock Mentorship
(online)
March 1, 2024
Zoom School Visit, New York
February 29, 2024
Zoom Homeschool Visit, New York
September - December 2023
Whale Rock Mentorship
​(online)
July 27, 2023, 2 pm
Story Time
A.C. Hunter Children's Library
125 Allandale Rd.
St. John's, NL A1B-2Z2
Canada
May 13, 2023, 1 pm - 3 pm
Book Launch: My Dad is a DJ
The Book Dragon
102 W. Beverly St.
Staunton, VA 24401
May 9, 2023, 5 pm
Book Launch: My Dad is a DJ
Bluebird & Co.
​5792 Three Notched Road
Crozet, VA 22932
March 23, 2023
​Whale Rock Mini Master workshop (online) ​https://www.whalerockworkshops.com/writing-workshops
Jan. - Apr. 2023
​Whale Rock mentorship (online) ​https://www.whalerockworkshops.com/writing-workshops
March 10, 2023
​Podcast, Core Knowledge Foundation (re: upcoming bio ABRAHAM LINCOLN: DEFENDER OF A NATION
Sept. - Dec. 2022
​Whale Rock mentorship (online) ​https://www.whalerockworkshops.com/writing-workshops
Dec. 15, 2022
Walhalla Elementary School
West Union, SC
--virtual school visit
Nov. 22, 2022
Bailey Lake Elementary
Clarkston, MI
​--virtual school visit
Sept. 23, 2022
Heathsville, VA school visit
Sept. 12, 2022
​Endicott College (online)
​Beverly, MA
June 1, 2022
Agnor-Hurt school visit
Charlottesville, VA
Jan. - April, 2022
Whale Rock mentorship
Sept. 19 - Dec. 18
Whale Rock mentorship
Oct. 23, 2021
Young Patiala Reads
Book group, India
Oct. 14, 2021
La Crosse Polytechnic, WI
​Matt Weege's class
Sat., Sept. 25, 1:30 pm
​Princeton Children's Book Festival--online!
​Panel: Real Reads with Tanita S. Davis, Lee Durfey-Lavoie, and Veronica Agarwal
Thurs., Sept. 2
Dr. Steve Bickmore's class

College of Education
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Sat., Aug. 21, 1 pm
Books of Wonder
Picture Book Panelbooksofwonder.com/blogs/upcoming/picture-book-bonanza: ALL OF US with Alexandra Boiger, THE MUSEUM OF EVERYTHING, Lynne Rae Perkins, and THE RESCUER OF TINY CREATURES, Curtis Manley
Saturday, Aug. 14, 1 pm:
Books of Wonder, NYC,
Middle Grade Book Panel: LILY'S PROMISE, Andrea Wang's THE MANY MEANINGS OF MEILAN, Debbi Michiko Florence's JUST BE COOL, JENNA SAKAI, and Jaime Berry's HOPE SPRINGS 

Tuesday, May 25, 6:00 pm:
    Books of Wonder, New York, NY — focusing on Lily’s Promise (novel)
**With award-winning novelist, Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Friday, May 21, 6:30 pm:
           RJ Julia Bookstore, Madison, CT — focusing on Lily’s Promise (novel)

​Tuesday, May 18, 7:00 pm:    One More Page Books, Arlington, VA — focusing on All of Us (picture book)
**With award-winning author and long-time friend and mentor, Mary Quattlebaum ​
April 10, 2021
April is for Authors

West Palm Beach, FL
​(online)
March 18, 2021
Burnt Mill Academy

Harlow, Essex, UK
​(Zoom)
March 1, 2021
Read Across America Week

Sand Lake Elementary School
(Mrs. Dahl's Fourth Graders!)
​Holmen, WI
February 28 & March 7, 2021
Beginnings, Middles & Endings!  Whale Rock Workshops, 3 pm (see details at left)
January 24 & 31, 2021
Engaging Beginnings, Middles, and Endings when Writing for Children & Teens
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WriterHouse (online)
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