School and Event Visits

Every single job I’ve had centers around words and stories–from teaching ninth-grade English, to reporting and editing for publications from Rolling Stone to the Washington Post, to writing award-winning, middle-grade fiction. I love stories for their power to inform and transform us, young people most of all. Writing is hard, but as I like to tell students when I visit, it’s the caring part and the perseverance that make you a writer.

 “Katherine Marsh’s presentation about the book and her writing process was highly engaging, and a student survey showed just how much they loved her visit. She gets middle-schoolers and I can’t recommend her books and programming enough!”

–Bill Antonitis, ELA Department Supervisor, Henry James Memorial Middle School, Simsbury, CT

If you are interested in having me visit your school to talk about any of my books or writing and want more information about my rates and availability, contact How Now Booking and fill out “Book a Speaker” for more information on my programming and rates. I have visited schools both nationally and internationally. I give discounts to schools in the same area that book me for three or more consecutive days!

Preparing for a visit? Click here for teachers’ guides to my books prepared by expert educators.

I also give professional keynotes on young people’s literature and reading. I have written on the topic of kids and reading mostly recently in a widely shared essay in The Atlantic Monthly. I have also been a guest panelist at many conferences, festivals and events. These include the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE); Los Angeles Times Festival of Books; Miami Book Festival; AJC Decatur Book Festival; Tweens Read (Houston, TX); All Pikes Peak Read (Colorado Springs, CO); Harbor Springs Festival of the Book (Harbor Springs; MI) BYU Books for Young Readers Symposium (Provo, UT); and Gaithersburg Book Festival, to name a few.