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Australia Reads

Author and Illustrator Directory

Find the perfect writer, poet, playwright, storyteller or illustrator for your event.

The Australia Reads Author and Illustrator Directory is a free, online resource for event bookers across Australia to find local authors and illustrators for events in their schools, workplaces and communities.

Want to be featured on the Directory as an author or illustrator? Read our Eligibility Criteria, T&Cs and Code of Conduct, and sign up here.

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Andrew Dittmer

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Social justice

Rebecca Fung

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Disability

David Knoff

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Keynote speech, Environment, Politics, Mental health, Australian history

Lorena Otes

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Feminism, Sex and sexuality

Robyn O’Neill

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Environment

Judith Rossell

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, General history

Joanna Bartel

Illustrator

QLD

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Workshop, Primary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Identity and belonging, Australian history, Disability

Sara Acton

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment

Yvonne Sewankambo

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Family, Identity and belonging

R.A. Spratt

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Migration, Mental health, General history, Feminism, Racism, Disability

Justin Somper

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging

Renee Price

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Primary school visit

Catherine McCullagh

Author

NSW

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Reading, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Love and relationships, Friendship, Death and grief, General history

Robyn O’Neill

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Environment

Kevin Klehr

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Friendship, Death and grief, LGBTQI+

Hayley Quinn

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Disability

Karen Wasson

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging, Social justice

Catherine DeVrye

Author

NSW

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Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Friendship, Identity and belonging

Amy Hutton

Author

NSW

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging

Edita Mujkic

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Refugees and political asylum, Migration, Social justice

Benita Bensch

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Love and relationships, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Social justice

Liz Bennett

Author

NT

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Friendship, Identity and belonging

Rae White

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Family, Identity and belonging, Gender, LGBTQI+

Jayne McIntyre

Author

QLD

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Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging

Deborah Abela

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging, Mental health

Kathy George

Author

QLD

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Workshop, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Feminism

Lauren Briggs

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Environment, Identity and belonging, Australian history

Tim Harris

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Friendship

Paul E Hardisty

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Environment, Politics, Refugees and political asylum, Social justice

Christine Gregory

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Social justice