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.

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

Amanda Willimott

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Friendship, Identity and belonging, General history, Feminism

Pamela Freeman

Author

NSW

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Identity and belonging, Australian history

Ellie Marney

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Mental health, Feminism

Kyra Geddes

Author

NSW

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Panel guest, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Family, Australian history, Feminism

Victoria Purman

Author

SA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Australian history, Social justice, Feminism, Class and mobility

Tara Calaby

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Death and grief, Mental health, Gender, Class and mobility

Susanne Gervay

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Migration, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism, Racism, Disability

Stephanie Reeder

Author

ACT

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Reading, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Environment, Australian history

Sasha Wasley

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics, Australian history, Social justice, Feminism, Class and mobility

Phil Hore

Author

QLD

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Workshop, Panel guest, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Environment, Politics, Australian history, General history

Michelle Morgan

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Australian history, Class and mobility

Melanie Joosten

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, General history, Social justice, Feminism, Gender

Laraine Stephens

Author

VIC

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Keynote speech, Australian history

Kayte Nunn

Author

NSW

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Workshop, Panel guest, Family, Death and grief, Social justice, Feminism, Class and mobility

Kate Murdoch

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Migration, General history, Class and mobility

Helen Edwards

Author

SA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Family, Environment, Mental health, Australian history, Disability

Alison Goodman

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Coming of age, Family, General history, Feminism

Kelly Gardiner

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Identity and belonging, General history, Gender

Danielle Binks

Author

VIC

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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, Politics, Refugees and political asylum, Mental health, Australian history, Social justice, Feminism, Racism, Class and mobility

Toni Jordan

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Family, General history, Feminism, Class and mobility

Kate Mildenhall

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Environment, Social justice, Feminism, Gender, Class and mobility

Jackie French

Author

NSW

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

Catherine Jinks

Author

NSW

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Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Australian history, General history

Belinda Murrell

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Australian history, Social justice, Feminism

Ash Harrier

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Social justice, Feminism

Alison Stegert

Author

QLD

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

Dee White

Author

VIC

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

Charlotte Barkla

Author

QLD

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

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