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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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Liz Evans

Author

TAS

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism

Dina Davis

Author

NSW

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, 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, Feminism, Racism, Disability

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Author & Illustrator

WA

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Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Disability, LGBTQI+

Kelly Rimmer

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Mental health, General history

Marija Periฤiฤ‡

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Family, Death and grief, Migration, Feminism

Sarah Sasson

Author

NSW

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Family, Death and grief, Mental health

K. M. Steele

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Secondary school visit, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics, Australian history, Social justice, Racism

Mitch Jennings

Author

NSW

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Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging

Emily Spurr

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health

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

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

Julie Thorndyke

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Friendship, Family, Australian history, Disability

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

Sonia Orchard

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism

Luke Johnson

Author

VIC

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Panel guest, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Class and mobility

Jane Tara

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Mental health, Feminism

Liz Foster

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Feminism

Julia Levitina

Author

NSW

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Workshop, Panel guest, Identity and belonging, Migration, General history

Tricia Stringer

Author

SA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Social justice

Jacqueline Rule

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics, Australian history, Social justice, Racism

Katrina Kell

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Politics, Mental health, Australian history, General history, Social justice, Racism, Gender, Class and mobility

Shannon Jade

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Friendship, Environment, Politics, Disability

Sara Saleh

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Family, Identity and belonging, Social justice, Racism, Gender

Vicki Bennett

Author

QLD

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

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

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

Shaeden Berry

Author

WA

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Mental health

Nadia Mahjouri

Author

TAS

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism

Melissa Ashley

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Family, General history, Feminism, Gender

Katrina Nannestad

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, General history