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.

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

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

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

Robyn O’Neill

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Environment

Karen Wasson

Author

VIC

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

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

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

Aśka .

Author & Illustrator

WA

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Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Disability, LGBTQI+

Crystal Corocher

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Environment, Identity and belonging, Migration, Australian history

Jedda Robaard

Author & Illustrator

TAS

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Workshop, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment

Daniel Gray-Barnett

Author & Illustrator

TAS

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Disability, LGBTQI+

Trent Jamieson

Author

QLD

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging

David Blumenstein

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Politics, Social justice

Evan Croker

Author

ACT

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Primary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Environment

Linda Weste

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism, LGBTQI+

Laurie Bell

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging

Edwina Shaw

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, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Mental health, Physical health, Australian history, Social justice, Feminism

Jules Ober

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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Workshop, Primary school visit, Family, Identity and belonging, General history

Suzanne Leal

Author

NSW

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

R. A. Stephens

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Mental health, Disability

Sarah Giddy

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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

Kim Rackham

Author

VIC

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Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging

Melissa-Jane Fogarty

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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

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