Creative Net has been set up to facilitate author and illustrator participation in schools, libraries, conferences and festivals, without the cost of paying a speakers' agency a fee. For something completely different, we're providing our service free.

All you need do is choose one of the authors or illustrators listed, give us your preferred date for their appearance, and we will confirm details with the requested speaker. Once the date is set, we put you in direct touch with the author or illustrator concerned. 

Our authors and illustrators cover picture books through to young adult fiction.

All our speakers are experienced and receive excellent feedback.

We expect our list to grow so if there is no one here that you feel is suitable for your event, check us out when you're next organising seeking presenters!

Email Terrie at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it re your choice of speaker.

Creative Net supplied speakers for the ACLB's Keeping Books Alive conference held on Saturday 26 November at the RACV Club in Melbourne. Speakers were: Michael Salmon, Jackie Kerin, Phil Kettle, Susan Halliday, Gabrielle Wang, Dianne Bates, Susanne Gervay, Paul Collins, Meredith Costain, Michael Hyde, Tony Thompson and Michael Panckridge. Feedback was brilliant. The following email arrived today: 

"Thank you so much for the wonderful day and night at the seminar. I was so impressed with the standard of the seminar and thought that those who did not attend certainly missed out of a first class day and night. I travelled from Rainbow which is a 10 hour return trip but not once did I think why have I come today? I have attended many [name withheld] conferences in Melbourne but this was so much better. An intimate setting and a chance to speak with the authors was greatly appreciated.

"The after conference story-teller [Jackie Kerin] was brilliant and the dinner was very interesting. I now have gained knowledge re what the dinner & awards were all about and will encourage students to enter the various sections. I do hope you will run this seminar again next year and look forward to coming once again" Leonie Clarke [Rainbow Secondary College].

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Ford Street and Creative Net have organised three very successful literary events at Scotch College, Yarra Valley Grammar and Catholic College Bendigo in Victoria. We had a total of 35 authors, illustrators and poets at these events.

Contact us direct at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you would like us to organise a literary event in Victoria at your school or library during 2012. Remember, Creative Net doesn’t charge for organising presenters.