Finding a Live Literature Author
So, you’ve got the funding ...all you need now is the author!
The database holds information on hundreds of writers, playwrights, poets, storytellers and illustrators and is growing each day. Use our step by step guide to find the perfect visitor for your event.
- If you know the name of the author you want, type it into the ‘Name’ box and hit search
- Once their name appears as a search result, click on it and the full author profile and their contact details will appear
- If you don’t know who to invite (or your first choice of author is unavailable) use the various criteria to narrow your search – try not to go too narrow though: the most useful results will come from a relatively broad search
- The keyword box is useful if you have a theme in mind for the event e.g. The sea; or if you are searching for a particular skill from an author eg. Experience working with mental health groups
- Look at the ‘New To Our Database’ box at the top-right of the page to see authors who have recently joined the scheme
- If you want to see the complete list of LLF authors, simply choose ‘yes’ for LLF funding and hit search – you can then work your way through the pages and profiles
- If the author you’re looking for is not there, double-check your spelling and if this still yields nothing, the author in question is not LLF eligible. Feel free to get in touch to see if we can invite them to join the database.
