Jane Kurtz and Christopher Kurtz
Jane Kurtz travels throughout the United States and the world to speak to students and teachers about her writing. Contact her about speaking in your community.
Both she and her brother Chris serve on the board of Ethiopia Reads and are involved in outreach programs to support the projects focused on literacy.
Jane travels to many international locations to speak with teachers,
students, and groups involved in literacy initiatives. Here she
is in Nice.
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Speaking Schedule 2007-08
Jane Kurtz often visits schools to discuss
her writing process and to help students write and draw to tell their
stories. To get ready for Jane's visit, teachers often request the kit
of Ethiopian artifacts that Jane will send for the cost of shipping. Contact Jane to discuss a visit to your school and to obtain the kit.
Calendar of Scheduled Visits
October 2007
- 5 Kansas Book Festival (Wichita, KS)
- 9-12 Upper Peninsula Reading Conference (Michigan)
- 13-21 Writing retreat (Maine)
- 22 Schools (Maine)
- 25-26 Schools (Chicago)
November 2007
- 3 Schools (Wichita, KS)
- 9 Breakfast presentation, Plains Regional IRA (Overland Park, KS)
- 10 SCBWI conference, Johnson County Community College (Missouri)
- 12-16 Early childhood presentations KS: Do Kangaroos Wear Seatbelts?
- 17-20 Washington DC and NYC meetings
December 2007
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January 2008
- School and conference speaking (Illinois)
February 2008
- 4-8 International School Speaking (London)
March 2008
- 11-14 International School Speaking (Romania)
- 24 Menlo Park Presbyterian Church
April 2008
- International School Speaking (Indonesia)
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