Gillian Torckler
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    • My Name is Henry Fanshaw
    • Coastlines
    • The Stuck There Forever Boat
    • What Am I? In the Bush
    • What Am I? Water
    • Kiwi Adventures Snorkelling
    • Kiwi Adventures Trout Fishing
    • Real-Size Guide to the NZ Rocky Shore
    • Life-Size Guide to the NZ Fish
    • Top New Zealand Dive Sites
    • Underwater Wonders of New Zealand
    • What Am I? Water
    • KiwI Adventures Snorkelling
    • Life-Size Guide to the NZ Fish
    • Real-Size Guide to the NZ Rocky Shore
    • You've Only Just Begun
    • Your Heart Will Sing Again
    • Destination Southern Lakes
    • Destination Auckland
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  • home & contact
  • news
  • my books
    • My Name is Henry Fanshaw
    • Coastlines
    • The Stuck There Forever Boat
    • What Am I? In the Bush
    • What Am I? Water
    • Kiwi Adventures Snorkelling
    • Kiwi Adventures Trout Fishing
    • Real-Size Guide to the NZ Rocky Shore
    • Life-Size Guide to the NZ Fish
    • Top New Zealand Dive Sites
    • Underwater Wonders of New Zealand
    • What Am I? Water
    • KiwI Adventures Snorkelling
    • Life-Size Guide to the NZ Fish
    • Real-Size Guide to the NZ Rocky Shore
    • You've Only Just Begun
    • Your Heart Will Sing Again
    • Destination Southern Lakes
    • Destination Auckland
  • other writing
    • book reviews
    • freelance articles
  • school visits
  • book reviews blog
  • about me
  • FAQs
  • links
  • Store
author, reviewer, medical scientist, fibre artist

school visits

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I  love visiting schools - it's a chance to meet and chat with my readers. Every school visit is different. Sometimes schools ask me to:
  • read to them from my books
  • talk about my books and experience to support an area of curriculum (such the rocky shore or global warming)
  • talk about the process of writing
  • share my experience of being a writer 
  • share my underwater adventures

I am happy to talk to small groups or in a  large auditoriums. I usually always bring along a powerpoint show with colourful pictures and prefer darker rooms for that reason. I run workshops about:
  • getting started and story planning 
  • using photographs to illustrate
  • planning non-fiction books.

Most of my school visits are arranged through either the NZ Book Council Writers in Schools programme, or via Rosemary Tisdall's Getting Kids Into Books programme.

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  • home & contact
  • news
  • my books
    • My Name is Henry Fanshaw
    • Coastlines
    • The Stuck There Forever Boat
    • What Am I? In the Bush
    • What Am I? Water
    • Kiwi Adventures Snorkelling
    • Kiwi Adventures Trout Fishing
    • Real-Size Guide to the NZ Rocky Shore
    • Life-Size Guide to the NZ Fish
    • Top New Zealand Dive Sites
    • Underwater Wonders of New Zealand
    • What Am I? Water
    • KiwI Adventures Snorkelling
    • Life-Size Guide to the NZ Fish
    • Real-Size Guide to the NZ Rocky Shore
    • You've Only Just Begun
    • Your Heart Will Sing Again
    • Destination Southern Lakes
    • Destination Auckland
  • other writing
    • book reviews
    • freelance articles
  • school visits
  • book reviews blog
  • about me
  • FAQs
  • links
  • Store