Length: Customized to conference needs Description: M. P. Barker is available to speak or present workshops at conferences and will tailor presentations to themes and audiences.
Educators’ Professional Development Workshops
Length: 1-hour presentation Description: A presentation focused on strategies to enhance reading, writing, and history curricula. Includes a reading, a Q&A, and a sale and signing. Sample presentation: Using Primary Historical Resources to Enhance Reading and Writing Curricula: Artifacts, images, and primary documents can bring an additional dimension to readings in history and historical fiction… Read more »
Dual-Author or Group-Author Presentations
Length: 45 to 90-minute presentation with 15-minute Q&A Description: A general or themed presentation by M. P. Barker and another author or with a group of authors. Includes a reading, a Q&A, and a sale and signing. Sample presentations: Dual-ing Authors – One event, two authors. Their presentations and their writing genres may be totally… Read more »
Themed Author Visits
Length: 45-minute presentation with 15-minute Q&A Description: Similar to a general visit, but structured to address a specific audience (such as adult readers, writers, historians, teachers, teen readers, etc.) or theme (such as a conference, program, series, or celebration currently underway or planned by the hosting organization). Includes a reading, a Q&A, and a sale… Read more »
General Author Visits
Length: 45-minute presentation with 15-minute Q&A Description: Short presentation with general comments about the book(s), writing process, and other information that answers frequently asked questions; a reading from the book(s); a question and answer period; a book sale and signing period. Sample presentations: Meet the Author – Learn the inside story on M. P. Barker’s… Read more »
Writing workshops
Length: 1 or 2-hour presentation Description: Interactive workshops for writers of all skill levels who want to improve their writing, research, and revision skills and learn how to get published. Includes a reading, a Q&A, and a sale and signing. Sample presentations: The Rocky Road to Publication (one-hour presentation) – Learn how to get published,… Read more »
