Thanks once again for your amazing feedback for the students which, no word of exaggeration, has the power to change young lives. When you came in and delivered the writing workshop last October, Zoe sent me this feedback, "I absolutely loved the workshop today and Tia is my idol. She inspired me so much. She is the reason I decided to not give up and keep trying writing." Thank goodness you visited and thank goodness she didn't give up!

"Tia visited Bromley Libraries and ran a wonderful workshop with a group of teenage students from different schools in the borough. The session was very inspiring as it involved exploring our feelings to write poems. Tia shared her experience and professional skills to engage all participants. We all had a marvellous time and really enjoyed and learnt a lot from her visit."

"Brilliant visit and writing workshop from Tia in the library today, students learning about verse novels, county lines, writing freely and the importance of finding your own path. Thank you so so much Tia!"

"You hit our brief exactly with your talks, which was to appeal to reader and non readers alike. Year 9 is a tricky year group and you had the students captivated."

"Hosting Tia has been one of the highlights of our year! She tackled difficult topics with sensitivity and humour, and commanded the room with a wonderful stage presence that kept our boys engaged. I could not recommend enough!"

"It was fantastic to be able to give our Most Able students the opportunity to work with Tia on developing and improving their creative writing skills. The workshops were fun, inspiring and challenging and the students had a productive and enjoyable time."

"Tia's online talk on Crossing The Line was excellent - our students were fully engaged and the challenging subject matter was handled sensitively, honestly and with passion. Lots of students wanted to read the book after the event. Tia was organised and responsive when arranging the session and extremely easy to work with. Thank you so much Tia for everything; please come back soon!"

"I found the whole morning to be really engrossing; in particular I enjoyed learning more details about why Tia Fisher wrote the book. I read her original Author’s Note at the back of Crossing the Line last year, and it was fascinating to hear her expand upon this. The author herself was an extremely engaging and charismatic speaker, which is unsurprising, given that every stanza of this amazing verse novel was perfectly judged. It was a worthy Shadowers’ Choice. The workshop itself was very educational, and I found her advice on how to write fiction to be both insightful and inspirational."

“I especially enjoyed it when she talked about all her different jobs and how she didn't really know what she wanted to do. I always thought verse novels sounded really strange and weird so I never really thought about reading one but after seeing Tia Fisher I really want to read Crossing the Line. I thought it was so sad and shocking that it was based on a real story about county lines.”

“I loved the structure of how Tia Fisher did her session with us. First, she explained who she was, then she read some of the book, then she explained what inspired her to write this book (a boy named Mattie who was pressured to sell drugs) and how it was based on a real-life story. I was excited for the talk, then I saw the book and I really don’t like reading, so I wasn’t very excited anymore. Then she started reading and I was very intrigued and really wanted to read the rest of the book, and I also loved the fact that it was in verse novel. I really recommend getting Tia Fisher to come to your school!”