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.

Ben Wood

Illustrator

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment

Kim de Haan

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship

Sylvia Morris

Illustrator

SA

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Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment

Samantha Tidy

Author

NSW

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

Vanessa Alexander

Author

QLD

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Workshop, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Social justice

Jemima Shafei-Ongu

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics, Refugees and political asylum, Migration, Mental health, Physical health, Social justice, Racism

Amandine Thomas

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Environment, Identity and belonging

Amelia Donnelly

Author

NSW

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Workshop, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Friendship, Death and grief

Mick Elliott

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Friendship, Identity and belonging

Jake Gablonski

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Coming of age, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Australian history, Racism, LGBTQI+

Adelle Frittitta

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Environment

Yiscah Marcatili

Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family

Elizabeth Cummings

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism, Disability

Andrew Dittmer

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Social justice

Robyn O’Neill

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Environment

Judith Rossell

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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

Joanna Bartel

Illustrator

QLD

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Workshop, Primary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Identity and belonging, Australian history, Disability

Sara Acton

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment

Yvonne Sewankambo

Author

NSW

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

Renee Price

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Primary school visit

Robyn O’Neill

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Environment

Liz Bennett

Author

NT

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

Rae White

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, Family, Identity and belonging, Gender, LGBTQI+

Deborah Abela

Author

NSW

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

Lauren Briggs

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Environment, Identity and belonging, Australian history

Aśka .

Author & Illustrator

WA

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

Crystal Corocher

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Environment, Identity and belonging, Migration, Australian history

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+

Trent Jamieson

Author

QLD

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging

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