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Matt Beam
Authors’
Booking Service is pleased to announce that young adult author, Matt
Beam, is now scheduling visits to Ontario schools for the coming
school
year.
Matt
lives in Toronto and would love to visit your school. For those schools
or libraries more than an hour’s drive from Toronto, Matt hopes, with
the help of the schools or libraries, to arrange several presentations.
His rate is $250 per session, $450 for two sessions at the same venue,
plus travel from Toronto, and accommodation if necessary.
Praise for Matt’s Presentations:
“Wow!!!
The children were excited, engaged and awed! We have a waiting list to
read Matt's books! The best author visit we've ever had!”
– Mary Toma, Librarian, Winkler, Manitoba
“The kids loved Matt's presentation and his books
have been in constant circulation since his visit.” — Florence
Barton, Teacher/Librarian, Greystone Heights School, Saskatoon
“I
highly recommend Mr. Matt Beam as a speaker to youth! He clearly
understands them, and so is able to pick out what will be of interest,
in a manner that will engage them.” — Michal Calder, Toronto
Librarian
Matt is a member of The Writers’ Union of Canada, which offers a number
of programs to assist schools and libraries in arranging author visits.
For details, please contact us.
Published Works
PHOTOGRAPHY
City Alphabet,
2009, Grades 7-12
FICTION
Can You Spell Revolution?, 2006, Grades
7-9
Getting To First Base with Danalda Chase,
2005 Grades 7-8
Earth To Nathan Blue, January, 2007
Grades 4-6
Awards and Nominations
Can You Spell
Revolution, 2009 Stellar Book Award nominee
Getting to First Base
with Danalda Chase starred selection, CCBC's Our Choice
magazine
Matt’s Presentation
Details
When I Grow Up, I Want to Be (Grades 4 to 8, FICTION)
Young adult novelist Matt Beam's engaging, funny and sometimes silly
presentation includes archaeological evidence of his first piece of
writing (dug right out of his mother’s desk drawer), an interactive
writer’s-life quiz, inside knowledge about Matt’s artistic journey,
several short readings from one of his novels, all accompanied by an
eye-popping slide show. Matt loves unlikely questions and finds that
his presentations get more fun and entertaining when he’s given a
couple of head-scratchers. In "When I Grow Up, I Want to Be," Matt Beam reads from one of his
novels. See above for appropriate age levels.
Words, Images ... Everywhere! (Grades 7 to 12)
Matt
Beam is so passionate about language and photography that he put them
both on the same page. What he didn't realize was how much there would
be to talk about once he did. Using the images from his photography
book as a guide, Matt tells the story of his City Alphabet journey with
writer Joanne Schwartz, touching on topics such as inspiration,
collaboration, process, technology, and perspective, all delivered with
his light-hearted and fun interactive approach. By the end of the
presentation, the students will be both viewers and subjects of Matt's
photographic work and in the process they will come out with a boat
load of inspiration and a whole new view of the wordy world around them.
Specifics from Matt
I will present to students in grade 4 and up
I will consider younger age groups, but I think groups with students
any younger might not be the right audience for my work (at this date),
so the presentation would be more general -- about the creative
process, writing, and my life as an author.
Maximum number of students per session: 75
(If a group is a little larger it shouldn't be a problem.)
I am comfortable in a classroom, library, auditorium or gymnasium. For
my presentations, I require the use of an LCD projector and laptop. I
bring my presentation on a memory stick.
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