I did a couple of online school events last week. The first was with the students of Pensby High School in the UK -- you can see some of the Year 9 boys in the first picture, checking out some of my books from the library after the event.

The second event was with the students of Round Lake Middle School near Chicago in the USA. You can see from the second and third photos how they had set things up for the event -- there were projectors in a number of classrooms, so that students in different rooms could watch, and they would come forward to ask questions via the laptops that were streaming the event. The technicalities vary from event to event -- sometimes students just shut out the questions from their seats, while other times students in certain rooms can't address me directly, but can type in their questions using the chat box on Zoom and similar services. But where there's a will, there's almost always a way!!

If YOU are a teacher or librarian, in the UK, the USA, or any other country (geography truly isn't a barrier where online events are concerned), and are interested in contacting me to enquire about the possibility of arranging your own online event, please feel free to reach out and drop me a line using this email address: [email protected]

I don't charge for online events, and I'm happy to talk about any of my books. I don't say YES to every request, but if you're well organised and can put together a large group of students (either in your own school, or by including others in your area) then you've got a good chance of getting a thumbs up from me!!!