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Author Visit Podcast

Release Date: 05/06/2021

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Author Visit Podcast

Shanda and Bonnie have a list of tips (from mistakes they've made in the past)! (Bonnie) Welcome to the Author Visit Podcast! I’m author Bonnie Clark.  (Shanda) And I’m author-illustrator, Shanda McCloskey.  (Bonnie) Today we are recording our “Timely Tips” episode!  (Shanda) We live in a different world now than most of us grew up in, so we thought we could compile some of our lessons learned about speaking to today’s groups of modern kids. We’ve made the mistakes for you, so you don’t have to!  (Shanda) Let’s get started on our tips…  Address...

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Shanda and Bonnie discuss the specific technology that each of them use for their school visits... (Bonnie) Welcome to the Author Visit Podcast! I’m author Bonnie Clark. (Shanda) And I’m author-illustrator, Shanda McCloskey.  (Bonnie) It’s August here in GA and our kiddos just started back to school, so the school visit season is upon us! Today we are talking with all about the tech we use and depend on for doing an author visit. (Shanda) This was actually a request from a listener, and I’m so glad she wrote to us about this topic because it’s true, we haven’t gone into much...

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24. Cultivating an Artist in Residence Program to Instruct (Students), Ignite (Teachers), and Inspire (Everyone) with Trey Veazey! show art 24. Cultivating an Artist in Residence Program to Instruct (Students), Ignite (Teachers), and Inspire (Everyone) with Trey Veazey!

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This episode is geared toward educators, but helpful for authors and booksellers as well! Today we are talking with Trey Veazey, who is the Assistant Head of the Lower School at an independent school called The Walker School near Atlanta, GA. This past fall, Trey invited Bonnie (Clark) to be an author-in-residence as part of the school’s annual book festival. "It was an incredible experience", says Bonnie. Some of the questions and conversation with Trey… Can you tell us a little more about yourself, your background, and the annual book festival at The Walker School? Describe the Book...

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Our topic today is all about leveling up your author visit game with our special guest, children's STEM/STEAM author Jennifer Swanson!  Today we get to dive into the world of Jennifer Swanson! If you don’t already know of her, she is an award-winning author of over 40 nonfiction books for children, mostly about science and technology. Jennifer’s love of STEM began when she started a science club in her garage at the age of 7. And not only that, but we consider her a school visit champion! During the talk, we asked Jennifer these questions… Jennifer, in your opinion what’s the...

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Our topic today is all about crafting presentations and programs for school visits inspired by your books, with our special guest, author Shelli R. Johannes!  During the talk, Shanda asks Shelli these questions… Shelli, on your website you have a thorough menu of different author visit presentations that correlate with various books you’ve written. Such as: Shine Like a Unicorn - Great for anti-bully week! includes reading and discussion on standing out and not being afraid to be yourself. And Theo TheSaurus - Logophiles love reading and writing! Includes reading Theo and discussing...

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Shanda picks the brain of author and teacher, Lola Schaefer, about how to put on writer's workshops for kids. (Bonnie Clark is on vacation). (Shanda) Welcome to the Author Visit Podcast! I’m author-illustrator, Shanda McCloskey. And our topic today is all about putting on writer’s workshops with kids, with our special guest, author, and writing teacher - Lola Schaefer! Welcome, Lola! (Shanda) We always start by telling how we’ve been doing for the past few weeks, so I'll start. (Shanda) Finished a reeeeally rough sketch dummy for the Rube Goldberg book, Visited my sister in Greensboro,...

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Children's authors, critique partners, and friends (Bonnie Clark and Shanda McCloskey) talk about their (detailed) workflow processes from the moment a school reaches out with interest in having them present to students to the day of the event. The last episode was about reaching out and hopefully getting a few “bites” from schools wanting to schedule an author visit with you. And let’s say it worked! A school has contacted you saying they’d love you to come speak to their students. Super! ... Now what? What exactly should you do next?  For this episode, Shanda and...

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Children's authors, critique partners, and friends (Bonnie Clark and Shanda McCloskey) talk about their various personal experiences with drumming up school visit bookings. We hope you enjoy the listen!   Kid book review by Harvey, age 11.   Resources and books mentioned in this episode (with affiliate links that help support this podcast): , by Karen Schneemann (Author)  Lily Williams (Author)   Where to find us: Bonnie:  Facebook and instagram: @bonnieclarkbooks Twitter: @bonclark   Shanda:  Twitter: @ShandaMcCloskey Instagram: @   This...

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Children's authors, critique partners, and friends (Bonnie Clark and Shanda McCloskey) talk about how to structure and organize the school visit section of your author website in order to book more visits!    A note from Ben (web developer and producer of this podcast) on websites: You don’t have to hire anyone to build you a website nowadays, but if do it yourself, you need to think about the structure of the site. It’s pretty easy to get a WordPress or SquareSpace or other site up and running quickly, but you really need to think through the structure of pages in general....

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Children's authors, critique partners, and friends (Bonnie Clark and Shanda McCloskey) look back at what worked and what didn't (school-visit wise) in 2021 in order to set new goals and improve in 2022. Kid book review by Amera. Resources and books mentioned in this episode (with affiliate links that help support this podcast):  by Phyllis Harris Where to find us: Bonnie:  Facebook and instagram: @bonnieclarkbooks Twitter: @bonclark Shanda:  Twitter: @ShandaMcCloskey Instagram: @ This podcast is sponsored by  and produced by Ben McCloskey of . And...

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Bonnie and Shanda interview New York Times Best Selling Author of the I Am Series, Susan Verde, about her author visit philosophy surrounding social emotional learning (SEL).

Susan Verde, is the New York Times Best Selling Author of the “I Am” series (which were illustrated by Peter Reynolds): I Am Human, I Am Yoga, I Am Peace, I Am Love and I Am One, along with many other books and a brand new book called THE TOSSY-TURNY PRINCESS AND THE PESKY PEA! A fairy tale to help you fall asleep! (illustrated by Jay Fleck).

Fun fact: Susan and Shanda happen to have the same literary agent!


Let’s get to it! … Questions we asked Susan:

 

  • To start, tell us about your new book and how you came up with the topic of sleep for this one?

  • Ok Susan, can you give us an overview of what you typically do during a school visit and what about it is uniquely you?

  • Similar to Bonnie, many of your books fall in the social emotional learning (SEL) category which is a hot topic these days! What’s your SEL philosophy when presenting to kid readers?

  • Has your visit schedule been pretty busy this year in light of the pandemic? Did you offer virtual visits? How did that go for you?

  • Has a student ever brought up something uncomfortable? How did you / would you handle that?

  • As an educator, mother, and school presenter, what do you see as the biggest SEL need/gap right now? Any thoughts on how to bridge that gap?

  • Did I just imagine this or did you once tell me you used to be a kindergarten teacher?! How has that experience affected you as a presenter?

  • Do you consider yourself more of an introvert or an extrovert? How does that play into your visits?

  • How many school visits do you typically like to do a year?

  • Before we wrap up, do you have any last tips for our listeners (authors, educators) about school visits or SEL?


This podcast is sponsored by AuthorVisitCentral.com and produced by Ben McCloskey of EngineIndustries.com. And if you enjoyed this episode, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and share it with others who might enjoy it too! Thanks for listening to this episode of the Author Visit Podcast! 

Kid book review by Beni McCloskey (6).

Resources and books mentioned in this episode (with affiliate links that help support this podcast):

 

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