Visiting Authors
YIS has a regular programme of visiting authors, illustrators and storytellers to the school. We believe that students gain great value and inspiration from meeting these creative minds in person. These experiences help motivate students to read further and wider. Thanks to generous support from the PTSA, the following have visited YIS in recent years.
2010
Holly Thompson - US writer based in Japan
Eric Walters - Canadian author
Ross Kinnaird - New Zealand illustrator
2009
Courtney Campbell - US storyteller and songwriter
Marc Levitt - US storyteller, writer, and radio/TV host
Holly Thompson - US writer based in Japan
Morgan Schatz Blackrose - Australian storyteller
2008
Tanya Batt - New Zealand storyteller and author
Holly Thompson - US writer based in Japan
Takashi Oda - Japanese non-fiction book illustrator
2007
Michael Coleman - UK fiction and non-fiction writer
2006
David Biedrzycki - US picture book illustrator, author, graphic artist (return visit)
Esme Raji Codell - US fiction writer
Donna-Jo Napoli - US fiction writer
Yang-suk Choi - Korean picture book illustrator-author, based in New York
Victoria Farkus - Dutch author
2005
David Almond - UK author
Satoshi Kitamura - Japanese illustrator and author, based in London
Pamela Turner - US non-fiction writer
David Biedrzycki - US picture book illustrator, author, graphic artist
Richard Tulloch - Australian author, dramatist and storyteller
Karen Levine - Canadian author of ‘Hana’s Suitcase’ and Fumiko Ishioka, author of Japanese version of ‘Hana’s Suitcase’
Bertrand Gauthier and Marie-Francine Hebert - French-Canadian authors
2004
Alec Williams - UK storyteller
Toon Tellegen - Dutch author and Bart Moeyaert, Belgian author
2003
Margaret Clark - Australian fiction writer
Matthew Gollub - US writer and storyteller
2002
Gillian Cross - UK fiction writer
2001
Clive Gifford - UK non-fiction writer
Authors appearing at Bridging the Gap conferences
Alex Kerr
David Wann
Gessner Geyer
John Abbott
John Joseph
Prof. Julia Atkin
Dr Richard van de Lagemaat
Prof. Anna Craft
Dr. Mary Hayden
Dr. Stephen Heppell
Books by these and other authors and illustrators who have visited YIS are available in the Library.
