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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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

Marija Peričić

Author

VIC

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

Linda Weste

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism, LGBTQI+

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

Blake Nuto

Author & Illustrator

TAS

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Coming of age, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Gender

Kathryn Apel

Author

QLD

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

Robbie Coburn

Author

VIC

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

Katrina Kell

Author

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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

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

Sherryl Clark

Author

Other/International

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Australian history, Social justice, Feminism

Louise Carter

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Friendship, Death and grief, Feminism, Sex and sexuality

Josh Donellan

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics, Social justice

Earl Livings

Author

VIC

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

Bonny Cassidy

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Secondary school visit, Environment, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Australian history, Feminism, Gender

Cheryl Leavy

Author

QLD

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Love and relationships, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics, Australian history, Social justice, Racism, Sex and sexuality

Heather Taylor Johnson

Author

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

Dani Netherclift

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Family, Death and grief, Disability

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

Mark Carthew

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Friendship

Alex Creece

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Social justice, Disability, Sex and sexuality

Hasib Hourani

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics, Refugees and political asylum, Migration, Social justice, Racism, Sex and sexuality, Gender

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

Eugen Bacon

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Refugees and political asylum, Migration, Feminism

Dannika Patterson

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Family, Environment, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism

Jess Galatola

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Social justice, Gender