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Author Events

Connect pupils with the authors behind the stories they love

What is an author event?

Usborne author events connect children with the writers behind their favourite books, bringing stories to life through engaging workshops, readings, assemblies and Q&As.

They inspire a love of reading and encourage children to develop their own writing voice. Events are available online and in person for Primary and Secondary schools.

Author workshops

Author Serena Patel hosting an author event with Usborne Community Partners.

Interactive workshops that inspire creativity, storytelling and confident writing with bestselling authors and illustrators.

Author assemblies

Schoolchildren enjoying an author event.

Engaging whole-school assemblies designed to inspire reading and introduce pupils to exciting new books and ideas.

Author readings

Two school children browsing Usborne books.

Live story readings that bring books and characters to life while encouraging imagination and a love of reading.

Author Q&As

Author Q&A with Usborne Community Partners.

Interactive Q&A sessions where pupils can ask authors and illustrators about books, creativity and the writing process.

Explore Author Events for 2026 to 2027

Discover exciting author events with Usborne this year, bringing inspiring stories, creative workshops and unforgettable reading experiences to schools across the UK and Europe.

Work with an Independent Usborne Partner

Let one of our lovely Partners do the work for you! They will:

Provide books you can sell to cover event costs (or buy extra books for your school)
Organize the event from start to finish
Help you find other ways to fund-raise for books for your school.

Year 10 students can be a tough crowd but Ravena's talk was so relevant to them. It was so good for the girls to see a hardworking, quietly self-assured young female author who is beginning to reap the rewards for the effort she has put in. She writes killer fiction that students love and I hope her star continues to rise because she is a great role model and proof that still waters do indeed run deep.

Donna, Librarian at St Helen and St Katharine.

Meet our authors

Meet Usborne’s talented authors inspiring young readers with engaging stories, creativity and interactive school events.

Serena Patel

Serena Patel is the author of the Anisha, Accidental Detective series which has won the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award, The Week Junior Book Award and the Crimefest Best Novel for Children. She lives in the West Midlands with her family and believes all children deserve to feel seen in the stories they read and that books are an important tool for empathy. When she's not writing Serena enjoys watching movies, reading and eating cake. Chocolate cake preferred.

Meet Serena Patel

Award Winner

Anisha, Accidental Detective

Age: 7+

£6.99

Emma Swan

Emma Swan is a writer, actor, award-winning comedian and West-End star of Horrible Histories. Originally from Rotherham, she also has a slightly unhealthy Yorkshire tea addiction! Her theatre work has been performed at the Arcola, the Soho Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East. She is also a lyricist and won Best Newcomer at the Musical Comedy Awards.

In the West End, she has performed at the Garrick, Apollo and Barbican theatres and her other acting credits include the RSC and Doctor Who. Emma also narrates many audiobooks and has a very professional studio in her flat that may or may not be made out of sofa cushions and a duvet.

Emma's bestselling debut children's book, Cruise Ship Kid: Thief at Sea!, based on her childhood growing up on cruise ships, was a Waterstones Children's Book of the Month and won both the Newcomer and the Readers' Choice at the Books are My Bag Readers Awards in 2025.

Meet Emma Swan