This document provides information about hosting author visits at schools, including potential authors, costs, and curricular connections. It lists local author Robert J. Blake who charges $1,500 for 3 presentations per day and covers his own travel, and nationally known author Roland Smith who charges $5,000 per day for 4 presentations and pays his own travel. Various funding sources are suggested like PTO/PTAs and book fairs. Potential curricular connections to authors' works are outlined in areas like history, geography, art, and more. Websites for Tennessee and Kentucky authors are also provided.
2. • Convenience
• Supporting the community
• Cost
• Greener Living
• Community development
• Support local economy
3. • Give students a live experience with someone who writes
or illustrates books
• Real world experience
• Learn from someone other than their teacher
• Gets kids excited about reading
• Helps kids connect to stories in a more meaningful way
4. • Cost Effective
• Remind students: Authors are everywhere
• Stories with recognizable settings
5. • Author fee
• Travel and accommodations fee *
• Publicity
• Developing the collection to include more books by this
author*
• Books to sell for autographing
• Staff Time
* Ways that local authors can save you “green!”
6. Robert J. Blake (local) Roland Smith
• Requested Honorarium- • Author fee- $5,000 per
$1,500 day
• 3 presentations a day • 4 presentations a day
• PowerPoint presentation • PowerPoint presentation
• Willing to travel • Pays own travel, hotel and
• Will speak to any food
age, preferred audience • Speaks to any age or size
size is 125 but will speak
to larger or smaller
7. • Community Support
• Community Sponsors
• School funding
• PTO/PTA
• Specific Fundraiser: Book sale or book fair, car
wash, after school party, pot luck school meal before
another event, t-shirt sales
8. • Can’t bring an author to you kids? Bring your kids to the
authors!
• October 14-16 Legislative Plaza
Downtown, Nashville, TN
• Authors: Nashville’s own Ann Patchett, T.A.
Barron, Chris Bohjalian, Pseudonymous
Bosch, Charles Frazier, Walter Mosley, Tom Perrotta
and MANY more!
21. Website for Tennessee and Kentucky Authors:
http://www.scbwi-midsouth.org/
Roland Smith
http://www.rolandsmith.com/
Robert J. Blake
http://www.robertjblake.com/
