Talks and lectures

Rhiannon has visted schools, conventions and book festivals to give talks and lectures on various subjects concerning writing.

In March 2006 she joined a panel discussion on 'writing the future red' as part of the Owners of the Means of Instruction conference. In April she was part of a panel at Concussion, the 2006 EasterCon, discussing the future of childrens fictions. In June she and her mother, children's author Mary Hoffman, opened the new Fryer Library at Leighton Park school (see photo).

Rhiannon is currently available to give talks on the following subjects.

• How to be a writer
  A full and frank disclosure of how publishing works, why you shouldn't expect to make money and the day-to-day working life of a professional writer.
  Different versions for the 11+ and 16+ age groups.
• The edge of the possible
  A discussion of how science fiction attempts to break barriers, open new territories and raises the issues of today through the lens of tomorrow.
  Suitable for audiences aged 16+
• Drawing a line in the sand
  Rhiannon Lassiter and Mary Hoffman
  Suitable for family groups with children of age 8+. Rhiannon and Mary can be booked separately or together.