Michael Pryor

Michael Pryor visited our Years 5 and 6 students for a series of writing workshops.
The students LOVED it. He showed the children a fun and descriptive method of planning a story. They walked away with lots of ideas and brimming with enthusiasm.
We would happily recommend Michael to other teachers and schools.

Aspiring young writers from Far North Queensland have been inspired to create magical fantasy worlds, intriguing plots and engaging characters by well-known YA author, Michael Pryor. For the past 7 years, students participating in the Fantasy Writing Camp held on the banks of Lake Tinaroo at the Black Gully Environmental Education Centre have honed their creative writing skills based on expert advice provided by Michael.

Every year the feedback from students indicates that Michael’s workshops are considered one of the highlights of the camp. Michael provides challenging and engaging workshops which encourage students to write with confidence and explore the endless possibilities of the fantasy genre. His workshops are well structured and his delivery is engaging and professional. Michael’s personable approach and willingness to participate in all of the camp activities results in building relationships with students who actively seek his guidance when they are writing.

Michael’s contribution to the development of writing skills and a love of the creative writing process has been an integral part of our camp program.

We very much enjoyed having Michael come to visit us. His flaming book was an absolute hit! He was informative and entertaining, and spoke in a manner that was engaging for students.

We have had Michael back time after time when we go on our Writers’ Camp because he is just so great with the kids. His presentation is always interesting and engaging, and he really gets the kids thinking about their writing and how they can improve it. They come away with a wealth of ideas and such enthusiasm. I would certainly recommend him to any school for their writing workshops.

Hi Michael,
I just wanted to say thank you for your efforts yesterday. I was worried that we were driving you too hard – three 60 plus minute talks then a workshop makes for a demanding day in anyone’s books, but you were great. The kids today were bubbling with enthusiasm and all the ones I spoke to had a different thing they said they liked. So, thank you!

The year 7 students were very excited to see the process of writing a book, and I think Michael debunked many myths involved in writing, in a friendly and humorous way. The year 7s were very interested in how a book is actually written and how much goes into “selling” the book to readers. His openness about the difficulties and the rewards was great, and the students were very responsive to it.

Michael Pryor was an excellent speaker who leveled with the children and spoke very appropriately about the editing process to our budding writers. This event was a great success. We will definitely use your booking agency again and would recommend Michael Pryor highly.

Mazenod students had a wonderful experience with Michael Pryor as our Writer in Residence last week.

You’ll be expecting positive feedback, I’m sure, but for us it was a landmark activity. Although writers have come to Mazenod for specific year levels in the past, this was a first-time event organised by library staff and, as such, was under close scrutiny as to value and disruption to classes.

It has been very well received by staff and feedback from all concerned, from the Principal down, is most enthusiastic. Michael was a delight to work with, thoroughly engaging and inspiring.

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. Michael Pryor also adapted his chat to suit some year 7 students which we really appreciated.

Michael Pryor’s visit was first rate yesterday. He is a talented speaker who knows how to “reach” young adult readers with his examples and stories. Plus, he is so kind to kids and really gives them his whole attention when they stay to speak with him.

I appreciate your efforts to connect Michael with our school. Thank you so much for all your work behind the scenes. It really pays off when 600 students get to meet a real writer.