To schedule a visit, please email irene@irenelatham.com
For more information on joint visits with Irene Latham and Charles Waters (I & C Construction Co: Building Books One Word at a Time since 2015), please email lathamandwaters@gmail.com
Irene loves sharing her passion for books, poetry and writing at conferences, libraries and schools, including public, private and homeschool groups. Her presentations are inspiring, informative and FUN!
VIRTUAL VISITS
15 minute Q&A - free!
50 minute session - $500
(on Zoom, or other preferred platform)
for ALL AGES
Irene's Adventures in INK - presentation about the author life including growing up, where ideas come from, writing as a career, and tips for young writers
Fresh Delicious Book Club - Learn what's 1. Fresh, 2. Delicious, 3. Difficult about one particular book title that the group has read
For the Love of Cats and Syria - behind-the-book THE CAT MAN OF ALEPPO
What Makes a Real-Life Hero - learn how to be a real-life hero through the story of Mohammed Alaa Aljaleel, THE CAT MAN OF ALEPPO
Fresh, Delicious Poetry - writing workshop using a jeweler's loupe to create fresh, delicious metaphors for writing about food
Welcome to I & C Construction Co. - meet the team (Irene Latham & Charles Waters) behind the books CAN I TOUCH YOUR HAIR? And DICTIONARY FOR BETTER WORLD, among others, and learn the ins and outs of the collaborative book construction process
We Are Syria: A Crash Course on the War, Culture, and Cats - presented by the author team behind THE CAT MAN OF ALEPPO, Irene Latham and Karim Shamsi-Basha
The Music of Writing - Join Irene and her cello Lady Godiva for a workshop that shows how music is a building block of all writing
Elephants R Us - discover the wonder of elephants through Irene's poetry and books that feature elephants: DON'T FEED THE BOY, MEET MISS FANCY
#OctopusLove - meet Agnes, the giant Pacific octopus in LOVE, AGNES: POSTCARDS FROM AN OCTOPUS and celebrate learn amazing octopus science and research
for GRADES 3 and up
Poetry for a Better World - writing workshop to create a Dictionary entry modeled after entries in DICTIONARY FOR A BETTER WORLD
Animal Persona Poetry - writing workshop inspired by nature poetry books DEAR WANDERING WILDEBEEST and WHEN THE SUN SHINES ON ANTARCTICA
Alabama "Backyard" Stories - celebrate Alabama with books set in Alabama: LEAVING GEE'S BEND, MEET MISS FANCY, DON'T FEED THE BOY
Fall in Love with Alabama History - research process for LEAVING GEE'S BEND (Great Depression) and MEET MISS FANCY (Jim Crow era)
Math + Poetry = Nonets - learn how to write a nonet in this writing workshop based on NINE: A BOOK OF NONET POEMS
Write Like an Octopus - presentation for writers about 8 things writers can learn from octopuses
Be A Nestbuilder - explore the world through the poems in THIS POEM IS A NEST and learn how building poems is like birds building nests
Find Yourself in Found Poetry - found writing workshop based on THIS POEM IS A NEST
Poetry & Paint - writing workshop for poems inspired by art, using ARTSPEAK!, Irene's blog project since 2015
Metaphors Be With You - writing workshop on creating powerful analogies for poetry and any other writing
Plot is a Verb - writing workshop using picture books MEET MISS FANCY, THE CAT MAN OF ALEPPO, LOVE, AGNES: POSTCARDS FROM AN OCTOPUS
I is for Identity - personal narrative writing workshop inspired by CAN I TOUCH YOUR HAIR? And DICTIONARY FOR A BETTER WORLD
Fearless Revision - demystifying the revision process, using Irene's middle grade novels, with tips writers can employ right away
Stitching Our Stories - the history and inspiration of the famous Alabama Gee's Bend quilting community through LEAVING GEE'S BEND
for ADULTS
Writing Essential (Sensitive) Topics - presentation featuring my titles with ways to approach topics like death, war, domestic violence, social justice, and more
