If you are looking for a writer, illustrator or storyteller to make a visit to your school or library, here are some good places to start.

Visit www.writingtogether.org.uk for a step-by-step practical guide to planning a writer visit or residency.

Find out:
- what you can get out of a visit
- where to find a writer
- how to manage the practicalities of making a booking
- what kinds of residencies other teachers and libraries have organised
- how to benefit from a writer visit in subjects such as history and science

The following organisations and agencies offer advice about finding a writer or make bookings on your behalf:

Apples and Snakes
London, North-West, East Midlands, West Midlands, South-West, North-East & South-East
Tel: 0845 521 3460
Email: karen@applesandsnakes.org
www.applesandsnakes.org

Devon Arts in Schools Initiative (DAISI)
Exeter
Tel: 01392 385214
Email: admin@daisi.org.uk
www.daisi.org.uk

Kernow Education Arts Partnership
Cornwall
Tel: 01872 275187
Email: helen.reynolds@keap.org.uk
www.keap.org.uk

National Association of Writers
in Education (NAWE)
Tel/Fax: 01653 618429
Email: paul@nawe.co.uk
www.nawe.co.uk
www.artscape.org.uk
Artscape is a national directory of writers who work in schools

National Centre for Language and Literacy
Tel: 0118 378 8820
Email: ncll@reading.ac.uk
www.ncll.org.uk
Website includes an up-to-date database of contacts

New Writing North
Based in Newcastle upon Tyne
Tel: 0191 222 1332
Email: holly@newwritingnorth.com
www.newwritingnorth.com

New Writing South
Based in Brighton
Tel: 01273 735353
Email: education@newwritingsouth.com
www.newwritingsouth.com

Speaking of Books

London-based agency that handles events and visits throughout the UK and abroad for top Children’s Authors, Illustrators, Poets and Storytellers. Tel: 0208 858 6616 Email:jan@speakingofbooks.co.uk

The Poetry Society

Based in London – national
Tel: 020 7420 9894
Email: education@poetrysociety.org.uk
www.poetrysociety.org.uk

The Windows Project
Based in Liverpool
Tel: 0151 709 3688
Email: windowsproject@btinternet.com
www.windowsproject.demon.co.uk

Write On! – Adventures in Writing
West Midlands
Tel: 0121 246 2770
Email jonathan@birminghambookfestival.org
Agency running year-round writer in school projects

You can also try contacting an author’s publisher – bear in mind that to arrange a visit from a very well-known writer you will need to plan well in advance.

Many locally-based storytellers, writers and illustrators have considerable experience of working in schools and bring as much ‘magic’ to a visit as the star authors.