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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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Jodi Wilson

Author

TAS

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Family, Environment, Mental health, Physical health

Elizabeth Walton

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Environment, Identity and belonging, Physical health, Social justice, Disability

Lauren Novak

Author

SA

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Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Family, Mental health, Feminism, Gender

Albert Jamae

Author

SA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Gender

Simone Amelia Jordan

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Identity and belonging, Social justice, Feminism, Racism

David Knoff

Author

VIC

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

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

Catherine DeVrye

Author

NSW

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

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

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

Victoria Vivente

Author

NSW

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Love and relationships, Friendship, Identity and belonging, Mental health

Melinda Ham

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Identity and belonging, Refugees and political asylum, Migration, Australian history, Racism

Danielle Corrie

Author

NSW

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Reading, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Death and grief

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

Ben Walter

Author

TAS

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Environment, Identity and belonging, Politics, Australian history, Social justice

Molly Benjamin

Author

NSW

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Love and relationships, Feminism, Gender

Erna Walraven

Author

NSW

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Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Love and relationships, Environment, Feminism, Sex and sexuality, Gender

Geoff Hutchison

Author

WA

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Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Politics

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

Natalie Kyriacou OAM

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Environment, Politics, Social justice, Class and mobility

Katie White

Author

NSW

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech

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

Michael Brissenden

Author

ACT

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Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Love and relationships, Family, Environment, Politics

Jenny Valentish

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Physical health, Feminism, Gender

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

Jaclyn Crupi

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Family, Migration, Australian history, Class and mobility

Anna Go-Go

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Mental health, Physical health, General history, Feminism, Gender

Ryan Butta

Author

NSW

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Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Australian history

Marny Lishman

Author

WA

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

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