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+

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

Melissa-Jane Fogarty

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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

Shelly Higgs

Author

ACT

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Mental health

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

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

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

Lisa Harvey-Smith

Author

TAS

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

Julie Murphy

Author

VIC

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

George Ivanoff

Author

VIC

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

Louise Park

Author

NSW

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Australian history

Stef Gemmill

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging, Refugees and political asylum, Migration

Mark Greenwood

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Australian history, General history

Lara Cain Gray

Author

QLD

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

Karen Hendriks

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Refugees and political asylum, Migration, Australian history

Jevita Nilson

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Environment, Death and grief

Jess Racklyeft

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Family, Environment

Jess Sanders

Author

TAS

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Physical health, Social justice, Feminism, Disability, Gender

Angie Cui

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Migration, Feminism, Racism, Sex and sexuality, Gender

Heidi Walkinshaw

Author

NSW

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

Brooke Graham

Author

QLD

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

Andrea Rowe

Author

VIC

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

Aimee Chan

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Feminism, Racism, Disability

Coral Vass

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Refugees and political asylum, Australian history

James Foley

Author & Illustrator

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism

Maura Pierlot

Author

ACT

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health

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