tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post4019411601983256049..comments2024-03-14T04:35:06.209+13:00Comments on Beattie's Book Blog - unofficial homepage of the New Zealand book community: Beattie's Book Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01505389626725979100noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-82110859552046752922009-07-17T09:35:32.167+12:002009-07-17T09:35:32.167+12:00This happens here as well. A writer I know, a wom...This happens here as well. A writer I know, a woman, was told by a local school that they wanted her to get a police certificate (this may not be the right term, but basically it is a clearance from the police) before she could appear as a guest in a school writing programme where she would have talked to the kids for around 1 hour with the regular teachers in the classroom. Like the English writers, she considered the request to be ludicrous and declined to seek the clearance.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10231397224149429326noreply@blogger.com