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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.

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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+

Bec Nanayakkara

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Australian history, Social justice

Ruth McGurk

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Family

Haydn Crespan

Author

QLD

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Reading, Primary school visit, Friendship

Damien Crespan

Author & Illustrator

QLD

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Reading, Primary school visit, Friendship

Jo Dabrowski

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Primary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family

Rachael Robertson

Author & Illustrator

WA

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Workshop, Primary school visit, Environment

Shelly Higgs

Author

ACT

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Mental health

Mark Gravas

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging, Social justice

Sally Barton

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Family

Kerry Brown

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging, Australian history

Tina Wilson

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Disability

Matt Shanks

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Refugees and political asylum

Mary Pearson

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Physical health, Gender

Katharine Rogers

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel facilitator, Primary school visit, Friendship, Environment, Australian history

Ashleigh Barton

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging

Camille Manley

Illustrator

QLD

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Workshop, Panel guest, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment

Samantha Smith

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Family, Environment

Laura Stitzel

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Social justice

Suneeta Peres da Costa

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics, Refugees and political asylum, Migration, Mental health, Physical health, Australian history, General history, Social justice, Feminism, Racism, Disability, Sex and sexuality, Gender, Class and mobility

Sharon Baldwin

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Environment

Rory H. Mather

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Death and grief

Zoë Bennett

Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health

Sally Barns

Author

TAS

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Reading, Primary school visit

Kate and Jol Temple

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging, Refugees and political asylum, Mental health, General history

Julie Murphy

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Family, Environment, Social justice

Caz Goodwin

Author

VIC

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

Cate James

Illustrator

NSW

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Workshop, Primary school visit, Environment

Amelia Tonta

Author

ACT

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