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how to ArrAnGe A sChool or lIbrArY VIsIt<br />
wIth A PenGuIn Author<br />
S<br />
or IllustrAtor<br />
Interested in having an author or illustrator visit<br />
your school or library? here are a few tips for setting<br />
up an appearance, along with a brief description of the<br />
process.<br />
we’re pleased to say that many of our authors and<br />
illustrators are extremely popular, so we recommend<br />
that you start planning for a visit six months to a year<br />
in advance.<br />
If you’ve already identified the author/illustrator<br />
you’d like to have visit your school or library, great! If<br />
you haven’t yet selected a specific author or illustrator,<br />
please go to www.penguin.com/authorvisit for a listing<br />
of authors/illustrators generally available for school<br />
and library visits. You will find each author/illustrator’s<br />
basic appearance information, including the author/<br />
illustrator’s city of residence, their general honorarium,<br />
the number of presentations they are able to do in a<br />
day, and so forth.<br />
once you have selected the author(s)/illustrator(s)<br />
you’d like to invite (note that selecting two or three<br />
authors is a good idea, in case of unavailability), please<br />
consider the following:<br />
• what is your budget for this event? will it cover<br />
the author/illustrator’s honorarium plus travel,<br />
lodging, and meal expenses?<br />
• when, exactly, would you like the author/illustrator<br />
to visit (date, time of day, etc.)?<br />
• who will the audience consist of? what is their<br />
age or grade range? will teachers, librarians,<br />
adult students be present?<br />
• what is the nature of the visit you envision? will<br />
the author/illustrator participate in a panel discussion,<br />
lecture, slide presentation, workshop,<br />
storytelling…?<br />
• what will the visiting author/illustrator’s schedule<br />
look like? Does it include time for meal and<br />
rest breaks? when will the author/illustrator be<br />
expected to arrive and depart?<br />
• how many books are you planning to sell at and<br />
before the event?<br />
the best author/illustrator event is one that the<br />
school and its students are prepared for. the more<br />
information regarding the appearance you envision that<br />
you are able to provide, the better.<br />
once you’ve prepared answers to the questions<br />
above, it’s time to let <strong>Penguin</strong> help connect you to<br />
the author/illustrator of your choosing! to do so,<br />
send a complete appearance proposal to authorvisits@<br />
us.penguingroup.com. Due to the high volume of<br />
requests received, please allow approximately two weeks<br />
for a response from the appearance coordinator, who<br />
will contact the author/illustrator on your behalf. If<br />
more information is needed at any point, it will be<br />
requested of you.<br />
You will be notified via email whether or not the<br />
author/illustrator is able to accept your invitation and<br />
commit to the appearance. If the author/illustrator<br />
does accept, you will be sent a confirmation letter to<br />
be signed and returned, and you will be encouraged to<br />
touch base with the author/illustrator directly. You will<br />
also be provided book ordering instructions granting<br />
your school or library a discount on books ordered in<br />
conjunction with the author/illustrator’s visit.<br />
thank you for your interest in hosting a <strong>Penguin</strong><br />
author/illustrator!<br />
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How to Arrange an Author / Illustrator Visit
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