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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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Melanie Saward

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Family, Identity and belonging, Racism, Sex and sexuality

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

Angela Savage

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Family, Social justice, Racism, Gender

Graeme Simsion

Author

VIC

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

Sean Wilson

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Family, Death and grief, Australian history

Martine Kropkowski

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism

Earl Livings

Author

VIC

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

Donna M Cameron

Author

NSW

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

Maryrose Cuskelly

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Family, Death and grief, Politics, Social justice, Feminism

Raeden Richardson

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Class and mobility

Heather Taylor Johnson

Author

SA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Feminism, Disability

Ashley Goldberg

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging

AJ Betts

Author

WA

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

Kyra Geddes

Author

NSW

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

Su-May Tan

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Migration

Paddy O’Reilly

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Love and relationships, Family, Class and mobility

Tara Marlow

Author

TAS

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Feminism

Tania Chandler

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Mental health

Steve Minon

Author

QLD

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Reading, Panel guest, Media commentary, Family, Identity and belonging, Racism, Sex and sexuality, Class and mobility

Pip Smith

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics, Refugees and political asylum, Migration, Australian history, Feminism, Gender

Pip Harry

Author

NSW

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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, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Social justice, Disability

Nick Earls

Author

QLD

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Identity and belonging, Migration

Nicholas Jose

Author

SA

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Reading, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Love and relationships, Politics, Refugees and political asylum, Australian history, Social justice

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

Louise Wolhuter

Author

WA

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Workshop, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family

Lisa Walker

Author

NSW

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

Finegan Kruckemeyer

Author

SA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging

Emily Tsokos Purtill

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Family, Identity and belonging, Migration, Feminism, Gender

Diana Plater

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Environment, Politics, Refugees and political asylum, Australian history

Joanna Horton

Author

QLD

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Reading, Panel guest, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief