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 Terms and Conditions and Code of Conduct, and sign up here.

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

Amy de la Force

Author

Other/International

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Workshop, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Friendship, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Feminism

Emily Spurr

Author

VIC

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

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

Shel Calopa

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Secondary school visit, Identity and belonging, Social justice, Feminism, Racism, Disability, Gender

Yxavel Magno Dino

Author

NSW

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

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

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

Kylie Chan

Author

QLD

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Family, Identity and belonging, Politics, Sex and sexuality

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

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

CHUCK MCKENZIE

Author

VIC

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

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

Emma Lord

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health

Pamela Freeman

Author

NSW

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

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

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

Tara Calaby

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Death and grief, Mental health, Gender, Class and mobility

Rebecca Fraser

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Disability

Phil Hore

Author

QLD

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Workshop, Panel guest, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Environment, Politics, Australian history, General history

Jan-andrew Henderson

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit

Hazel Edwards OAM

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Friendship, Family, Environment, Refugees and political asylum, Australian history

Amie Kaufman

Author

VIC

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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, Feminism, Sex and sexuality

Bren MacDibble

Author

WA

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

Keshe Chow

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Feminism, Racism, Class and mobility

Siang Lu

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Identity and belonging, Migration, Racism

Sharlene Allsopp

Author

QLD

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Reading, Panel guest, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics, Refugees and political asylum, Australian history, General history, Social justice, Feminism

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

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