Bookings

For school visits, workshops, festival events, conference keynote addresses and professional development enquiries, please contact Mark directly via mark(at)markcarthew.com.au or contact:

Creative Net

Visit Ford Street Publishing

Terrie Saunders/ Paul Collins
Ph: (03) 9481 1120
Fax: (03) 9481 1123
Email: fordstr@internode.on.net

Address: 2 Ford Street
Clifton Hill, VIC 3068

Speakers Ink (Australia/QLD)

Visit Speakers Ink

Ph: 1300 979 465
Fax: (07) 3009 9913
Email: info@speakers-ink.com.au

Address: PO Box 382
Coorparoo, QLD 415

Booked Out Speakers' Agency

Visit Booked Out

Ph: (03) 9824 0177
Fax: (03) 9824 0677
Email: bookings@bookedout.com.au

LAMONT Authors

Contact: Hayley Field

Visit LAMONT

6 Technology Circuit, Hallam VIC 3803
Ph: (03) 8787 1700
Email: bookings@lamontbooks.com.au

Mark presented to our Lower Primary students and his sessions were brilliant, from start to finish. Each presentation was tailored perfectly to the age group, full of rhyming fun, songs and hitting many important literacy targets along the way. The teachers were thrilled and the children left wanting to devour his books. I would highly recommend Mark to other schools.

St. Andrew's Anglican College, Qld - September, 2024

Photo: Courtesy of Michelle Nye, Teacher Librarian at Good Shepherd Lutheran College, Noosaville, Qld.

Feedback

Mark was such an engaging presenter. His presentation was filled with various activities which had the students laughing, and participating in activities. It was so great for our little ones to have stories and music together. He really understood the needs of children.

Guardian Angels Primary School, Wynnum, Qld

Mark you made such an impact in your short trip to our College.
The conversations and questions that followed your brilliant session were amazing with my Year 2 class.
I personally got so much from the 1 hour and didn’t want it to end! Thank you for sharing your passion and talents with us Mark Carthew.
I hope we get to be with you again discussing your books, songs and inspirations.
One hour just wasn’t enough.

Coomera Anglican College, Qld, 2022.

I would like to congratulate Mark Carthew for his excellent presentations. A good time was had by all as they listened to Mark talk about how his books were developed and also, when he told jokes from Wicked Wizards & Leaping Lizards he had them in stitches! The illustrations were inspirational and as a result the kids are keen to let their imaginations go and write stories and draw pictures.

Karen Fleischer, Regional Director, Gippsland chapter of The Children's Book Council of Australia.

Thank you so much for being part of the Book festival. It was a pleasure to meet you and welcome you to our College. Feedback from the Festival has been amazing, and that is all down to you. We were privileged to have so many students from so many parts of Western Australia attend this year.

Kris Williams, Literature Festival Coordinator, All Saints' College, WA.

Mark's sessions were both highly entertaining and educational. The students enjoyed the rhymes and song elements of the presentation. Mark successfully involved the students in all aspects of his performance and engendered outstanding audience participation levels. Students and teachers alike thoroughly enjoyed Mark's engaging and creative performances.

Trish Manicom, Serpell Primary, Templestowe, VIC.

Mark Carthew came to our school …and the feedback has been excellent. He was engaging and fun and a wonderful presenter. One teacher said it was the best PD he'd been to all year!! So, we're really pleased!!

Holly Godfree, Hughes Primary School, Canberra, ACT.

Mark Carthew was a big hit this morning with our Foundation-Year 3. Let it be said “He came, he sang, he read stories, he conquered” Absolutely fantastic!

S. Turner, Mill Park Primary School, VIC.

We had a great day on Monday with our visiting authors. The staff and student feedback was very positive and more importantly the books of the visiting authors are now in high demand from library! Naturally each author had their own style for presentation but all were considerate of the group before them and adjusted the talks accordingly. Mark had hardly started his chat when he had the girls dancing and they were captured right from the start – many writing their own rhymes the following day.

R. Hirst, Lowther Hall, VIC.

You were so right for the kids' session!

Ruth Todd, Program Director, Christchurch Writers Festival, NZ.

Photo: Murray Bridge PS, South Australia

Sessions

Set up (All sessions)

Screen, x4 tables, CD sounds system / CD player, microphone for large venues. Illustration © Mike Spoor.

Meet the Author (General Event / Festival & Primary Schools P-2, Gr 3-4 & Gr 5-6 talks)

Sessions can be geared for ALL primary school age groups – with his Prep-Gr 2 & Gr 3-4 sessions being extremely popular. I also talk to adult audiences re: the writing process, editing, design and development and my collaborations with Australian and international publishers, writers & illustrators.

Meet children’s editor & author Mark Carthew and discuss the award winning range of works that he had been involved in creating and writing.

Share jokes, silly stuff and have fun with stories, picture books, songs, play scripts and movement!

Storytime (for early years age 3–8)

An interactive readings of Mark’s latest picture books including The Moose is Loose!, The Great Zoo Hullabaloo! and The Thing That Goes Ping! … and many more. This session also involves fun interactive stories, wordplay and songs from Mark’s illustrated books and anthologies.

PROPS - Puppets, BANNERS and ART WORK et al.

Story time focus CAN also be The Gobbling Tree ill. By Susy Boyer , including acting it out as a fun, interactive read aloud with audience participation.

In story time I also weave in action songs and interactive finger plays etc from my various anthologies, including Can You Keep a Secret? Timeless rhymes to share and treasure.

Drama / Movement workshops

Meet award winning editor and writer Mark Carthew and have fun with play scripts edited by Mark & written and illustrated by some of Australia’s and the world’s best children’s writers including Roald Dahl, Michael Rosen, Graeme Base, Pamela Allen, Margaret Mahy, Richard Tulloch, Lois Walker, Terry Denton and many, many more…

Creating Cartoon Characters

Age suitability: 7 -15+ years Middle Primary, Upper Primary, Secondary, Adult workshops.

This introductory cartooning workshop draws inspiration from Mark’s joke, rhyme and riddle based books, created with renowned UK illustrator and cartoonist Mike Spoor.

Students will learn some hands-on techniques and tips for creating their own crazy characters, caricatures and critters.

Note: This activity can be extend into making modeled das creatures / characters using poly balls and Das clay.

Session needs:-

Whiteboard
x5 A3 plain cartridge or photocopy paper (or their own and their own art / drawing scrap book), a base grey lead pencil & opt. sharpener.
*I can also supply extra workshop pencils in different density / shades eg 2B, 4B and 6B, graphite.

Making Zines / Mini Books! All ages 10+

Participants will learn some fun TIPS on how to make an engaging and high interest mini book / Zine.

This ‘publishing style’ workshop can be a stand alone workshop or an extension of the cartooning workshop. Participants will learn how to make a mini book / Zine while expanding their ideas and creativity.

Professional development / Conferences

Mark has conducted a broad range of highly regarded teacher professional development workshops across Australia and Internationally (UK, NZ, Spain, Malaysia & Switzerland) with an active practitioner research focus on connections within literacy, wordplay, music and movement.

Workshops focus on practical and engaging literacy strategies for early childhood and primary education – focusing on the joy of wordplay & language.

Recent presentations include Keynotes in Malaysia, session with the New Zealand Reading Association (NZRA, National Conference Bridges to Literacy & The Early Childhood Australia Biennial Conference In Canberra, Australia et al.

Mark is also available for keynote addresses.

Poetry / Writing workshops

A practical writing session for all middle/ upper primary + levels, designed to inspire with fun, accessible strategies for writing poetry and wordplay.

*Also available for plays-scripts and short narratives & mini ZINES.