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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.

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.

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Rebecca Fung

Author

NSW

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

Lorena Otes

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Feminism, Sex and sexuality

Amy Hutton

Author

NSW

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging

Tim Harris

Author

NSW

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

Paul E Hardisty

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Environment, Politics, Refugees and political asylum, Social justice

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

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+

Marija Peričić

Author

VIC

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

Evan Croker

Author

ACT

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

Melissa Fagan

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Love and relationships, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Australian history, Social justice, Feminism, Gender, Class and mobility

Laurie Bell

Author

VIC

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

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

R. A. Stephens

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Mental health, Disability

Kim Rackham

Author

VIC

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Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging

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

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

George Ivanoff

Author

VIC

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

Dannielle Viera

Author

NSW

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

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

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

Sandi Wallace

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Social justice

Narrelle M. Harris

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Sex and sexuality

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

Katya de Becerra

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging

Earl Livings

Author

VIC

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

CHUCK MCKENZIE

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics

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 Bridgeman

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, Feminism, Gender