Author Visits and Events with Celesta Rimington
Book an author visit or workshop with Celesta!
Educators across the U.S. have called Celesta's assemblies "engaging, motivating, enthusiastic, and relatable!"
She provides a variety of events for:
~ Schools
~ Libraries
~ Book clubs
~ Homeschool consortiums
~ Writing groups and conferences for all ages
Check out presentation options and upcoming EVENTS with registration links below.
Virtual visits (available worldwide)
Celesta offers a free 20-minute session with classes or book clubs that have read any of her books. Available for all ages!
What's included
- What inspires my writing
- Guided idea generating
- Q & A
What you can expect
- Enthusiasm for writing your own stories
- Relatability
- Audience engagement
In-person assemblies or classroom visits (domestic)
Bring Celesta to your school, classroom, or library for an in-person author visit! Choose from topics below or contact Celesta to customize a visit. Presentations are usually 45-50 minutes but can be adapted shorter.
Presentations:
- Idea Engineers: We find ideas through personal experience, interests, and what-if questions. Students share their ideas with Celesta and she helps them build on the story as a group.
- Find Your Superpower! Celesta shows students how they can tell their own stories with the four R's: read, relate, research and REACH!
- Dream Roadmap: Celesta briefly shares her own twists and turns along the way to becoming a published author. Then, through examples and guided activities, she encourages students to identify their interests and follow their own dreams by giving them a roadmap for doing so.
What to Expect:
- Engaging and interactive presentations
- Multi-media (slide show, music, and some presentations include 2-minute videos)
- Opportunity for Q & A
- Book signing and one-on-one author connection at signing
- Bookmarks or other book swag for those who participate or get books signed
Special events: tailored to your needs
Celesta enjoys the uniqueness of small group connections and loves meeting with book clubs of all ages. She also presents at writing conferences for kids and adults and provides educator inservice workshops.
Example presentations:
- Creative Writing Rescue: Ideas for educators as they support both enthusiastic and hesitant writers
- Unleash Your Setting: Designing story settings as you would a character
- The Power of Subtext: Layers of storytelling and how they hook the reader
- Writing Characters Your Middle Grade Readers Love: For anyone who writes for middle grade or wants to learn more about character development
- From Kindergarten to Keynote: Designing a successful speaking career for authors
What to expect:
- Interactive presentations
- Small group discussion or individual writing exercises
- Resources such as book and podcast recommendations and worksheet links
- Opportunity for Q & A
- Book signing
