Our two subscriptions to the NZ Book Council entitle us to a visit
each year for the Primary school and a visit for the Secondary school.
We have an excellent pool of authors in Wellington, but I also use
author events at SLANZA conferences, Storylines Family Days, book
launches, etc to hear new authors to find suitable visitors. If authors
are coming to Wellington for an event, it pays to have them as your
Writer in School because it saves paying their travel costs. You are
also able to share travel costs with other interested schools for a
particular out-of-town author.