Half-day author visits for middle schools

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Packages and pricing

Published rates, so a school can start the paperwork without waiting for a quote to find out whether the visit is affordable.

Half-Day Author Visit and 1 Student Workshop

$500One half day
  • 1 engaging school-wide assembly
  • 1 interactive writing workshop, up to 10 students
  • Young Author Certificates for every participant
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Half-Day Author Visit and 2 Student Workshops

$650One half day
  • 1 engaging school-wide assembly
  • 2 interactive writing workshops, up to 10 students each
  • Young Author Certificates for every participant
Request this package
Add an extra workshop for $150

Any combination of assembly and student workshops can be arranged.

Comparing the two packages
  $500 $650
School-wide assemblyIncludedIncluded
Writing workshops12
Students in a workshopUp to 10Up to 20
Young Author CertificatesEvery participantEvery participant
Length of visitHalf dayHalf day
Extra workshops$150 each$150 each

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What the price includes

  • The school-wide assembly, whichever package you choose.
  • The writing workshops in that package, capped at ten students each.
  • A Young Author Certificate for every workshop participant.
  • Written confirmation of timings, room needs and how the groups are arranged before the day.

What is quoted separately

Travel, and any arrangement outside the published packages, is itemised on the written quotation rather than folded into the headline price. You see the total before you commit to anything.

Give your school address on the request form and the quotation comes back with the travel position for your location already worked out.

How a school pays

Nothing is paid on this website. There is no cart, no checkout and no card form anywhere on the site.

Once a date and a package are agreed, the booking is invoiced so your district can process it exactly the way it processes any other outside vendor. Purchase order numbers are carried on the invoice.

If you need a W-9 or need to be set up as a vendor first, tick that box on the request form and it is handled before the invoice is raised rather than after.

Payment terms, deposit position and cancellation terms are stated in full on the written quotation and the booking agreement. Those two documents, not this page, are what your school agrees to. Booking terms.

Preview of the Fiction Factory Workshops half-day author visit flyer

The one-page version, for the people who have to approve it

Both packages, what is included, the workshop group size and the extra-workshop rate, on a single sheet you can forward or print for a principal, a librarian or a PTO meeting.

Ready to price a date?

Send your dates, grade levels and expected numbers. A written quotation comes back before anything is booked.