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 Terms and Conditions and Code of Conduct, and sign up here.

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+

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+

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+

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

Jo Dabrowski

Author

VIC

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

Shelly Higgs

Author

ACT

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Mental health

Blake Nuto

Author & Illustrator

TAS

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Coming of age, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Gender

Elizabeth Vercoe

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Physical 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

Kathryn Apel

Author

QLD

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

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

Tony Flowers

Author & Illustrator

TAS

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Refugees and political asylum, General history

Meredith Costain

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family

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

Laura Stitzel

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Social justice

Josephine Moon

Author

QLD

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

Jennifer Falkner

Illustrator

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging, Mental health

Grace Fraraccio

Illustrator

VIC

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

Sharon Baldwin

Author

NSW

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

Wendy Orr

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Environment

Yxavel Magno Dino

Author

NSW

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

Renee Treml

Author & Illustrator

WA

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

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