Teachers

March, 2022

“We recently had the pleasure of welcoming Kate to our academy on World Book Day. It was a fantastic day enjoyed by students and staff alike. Kate hosted three engaging and inspirational writing workshops for 30 lucky year 7 students and shared her knowledge of writing and the publishing process. It was wonderful to read what students achieved in their hour with Kate and to see their imaginations come alive, no doubt thanks to Kate’s fun personality and the fact that she partook in the staff World Book Day efforts by dressing up as an Olympian from her fantastic Pegasus series! Thank you Kate- we can’t wait to have you back!”

Mrs Daisy Glaze -Head of Faculty- English

The St Leonards Academy

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“Kate O’Hearn is no ordinary author. On several occasions she has
visited our school for book and reading events. She
brings such enthusiasm and energy when she visits our school. She passes
on her passion for story writing onto the students she meets and some
have been fortunate to meet her more than once.

She brings her books to life when she talks about them and sometimes
dons the costume of one of the characters in the story, which the students
love and really kindles their interest in her stories. Kate O’Hearn is a
great ambassador for her craft and we can’t thank her enough. We look
forward to her next visit!”

Alison Kingwell, Senior Librarian at Helenswood School 

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From my tour in Hawaii: This school was in the shadow of the Diamond Head vulcano, and as I set one of my Pegasus books there, I did a reading.

 

I admit it – I love to tour and doing school visits. Getting out there and meeting readers, and aspiring writers is the best part of being an author!

But with this Covid situation, it hasn’t been possible to tour for over two years and I am missing it very badly.

There is, however, an alternative:

VIRTUAL SCHOOL VISITS

Recently, I have started doing virtual visits, and though nothing will ever beat visiting a school in person, there is this option which is proving almost as popular.

I am happy to offer the following

1. Author talk – centered around fantasy – which includes Q & A, with me asking as many questions of the students as they ask me as well as reading from one of my books.
2. Author talk with a writing exercise – shorter Q & A – but with time for students to read aloud their work.
3. Fantasy writing workshop – that covers how to start a compelling fantasy story and how to bring it to a satisfying conclusion – including writing dialogue. Students will be starting a story of their own.
4. How publishing works – this would be for older students and would cover not only writing, but writing to get published.

 

For live visits, please bear in mind I do live in England. So getting over to the United States isn’t the easiest for me. Though I am hoping to do another American tour this year, so again, just get in touch and we’ll see if we can set something up.

I have no limit to the size of the groups I speak to, and on occasion (most times), I dress for the occasion in a costume that represents one of the characters from my books. Often, there are other characters with me as well. “My Monsters…” and are always very popular.

So if you are an educator or school administrator and would be interested in either a live school visit, or a virtual one, please get in touch and we can discuss your needs and fees.