EVENTS
School Visits
I’ve been visiting schools for over 10 years now, delivering interactive author assemblies and football-themed writing workshops for students across Key Stages 2 and 3, and I LOVE it! The kids seem to quite enjoy it too…
Testimonials
“Matt was both an entertaining and inspirational speaker at our School Library Service ‘Boys into Books’ event at a local football hub. The upper primary and Year 7 and 8 boys were super engaged throughout the session and had their (already great!) soccer knowledge tested to the limit. Matt was a pleasure to work with and I would heartily recommend him to kick off excitement about all types of reading.”
“Matt was fantastic. He really engaged the students with his assembly and workshops, even those who did not have a particular interest in sport. We highly recommend Matt to other schools.”
“What a pleasure it was to have Matt visit us. His presentation to our year 7 & 8 students was engaging and set at just the right level. Our year 9 students listened attentively to Matt’s resilience workshop and there is still a buzz in the school that ‘the football author’ has been in!”
These days, I’m based in Bristol, but depending on the distance and time of year, I am usually willing to travel! And if that doesn’t work out, then we can always do a virtual visit instead…
For more information and to discuss dates and details, please email me at oldfield.matt@gmail.com
Public Events
Although I do most of my author events in schools, here are a few places where you can catch me out in the wild:
Upcoming
8th November 2026 - Football GOAT event @ Stroud Book Festival