"I don’t think age matters so much as people think. Parts of me are still 12 and I think other parts were already 50 when I was 12." C S Lewis
Talks & Visits
I regularly talk at schools, festivals & all sorts of events. If you’d like me to visit, please contact Trevor Wilson at Authors Abroad or Anne Marley at Authors Aloud.
Feedback From Events
“Just wanted to say a huge thank-you for your visit to our WW1 Centenary day last Friday. It was a fabulous day, and your presentations fitted perfectly with the whole ethos of the day. Students were fascinated and moved by the stories you told, and have been talking about it since. As well as the 80 books we sold on the day (wish I had ordered more), we have loaned out all 20 copies of Soldier Dog in the library catalogue – and we have a waiting list! All staff who were supervising the presentation were also very impressed. Believe you me, our year 8s can be a tough crowd, but you kept them enthralled for the whole hour.”
Ms Sally Perkins, Beauchamps High School
“Sam Angus came to our school to introduce her brilliant book ‘Soldier Dog’. The whole event was fantastic and successfully brought together different curriculum areas. She was extremely knowledgeable about the history of how messenger dogs were trained and used during World War 1 and she shared this knowledge in an accessible and captivating way to an audience of 250 pupils aged between 10 and 13. Both during and after the talk the students were given plenty of opportunities to ask Sam any questions and to have their books signed.”
King Charles School, Kidderminster
“I just wanted to thank you so much for coming in today, we all so enjoyed your talk and the wonderful photos too! Absolutely fascinating stuff, I am sure your book will do amazingly well. We sold a lot of books, and already have a list of boys wanting to buy the book tomorrow, so the whole event was a great success!”
Mrs Anne-Marie Williams Librarian and Administrator, Wetherby Preparatory School
Previous Talks & Visits
Appedore Festival, October 2014
Berkhamstead School, Herts, June 2014
Brook Community School School, Book Links Talk, March 2013
Brougham High School, Preston, June 2016
Berkshire ELS Event, November 2014
Crossfields School, November 2014
Burges s Hill, February 2014
Bury Grammar Senior School Boys & Girls, September 2014
Centurion Book Award, September 2014
Chelsea Academy, March 2014
Crown Woods College, Feltsham, February 2014
Clapton Girls Academy, Book Links Talk, March 2013
Cheltenham Festival, May 2014
Cothill Preparatory School, March 2013
Crown Woods College, February 2014
Debden Park High School,March 2014
Ealing High, July 2014
East Sussex Children’s Book Award, Hillingdon, March 2014
East Lothian Lennox Author Award Shortlist Event, May 2015
Exmoor Pony Society, June 2016
Farringdon Community College, June 2014
Finham Park School, Coventry, October 2014
Galway Libraries Festival, November 2014
Grafton Primary School, Book Links Talk, June 2013
Heart of Hawick Book Award Event
Kings Charles School, Kidderminster, March 2013
King Charles Kidderminster, September 2014
King Charles School, Kidderminster, September 2015
King Charles School, Kidderminster, September 2016
Langley Senior School, Norwich, June 2016
Ludgrove School, March 2016
Mildene Primary School, Tiptree, June 2016
Millfields Primary, Book Links Talk, March 2013
Montgomery Junior School, Colchester, June 2016
Northwood School, Middx, October 2014
Norton Hill School, March 2014
Oaks Park High, Ilford, February 2015
PDS Story Award Event, September 2014
Pilgrims School, November 2015
Purse School, Cambridge, 2015
Queens College, November 2014
Queens College, January 2016
Ripley St Thomas, Lancaster, June 2016
Rivington & Blackrod High School, Bolton, October 2014
Rutlish Merton, November 2012
St Benedict’s High School, Ealing, March 2015
St Swithun’s Junior School, November 2015
Somerville School, Midsomer Norton, March 2014
Swindon Festival, The Ridgeway Schools, November 2014
Swindon Academy, November 2015
Sweye Park, Rayleigh, July 2015
Thornden School, Winchester, November 2015
Trinity School, November 2014
Trinity College Cambridge Literary Festival, May 2016
Warwickshire Junior Book Award, July 2013
Wetherby Preparatory School, March 2014
Wetherby Preparatory School, September 2012