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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Lainie Anderson

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Australian history, Feminism

Tricia Stringer

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Social justice

Vaughan Duck

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

Tania Ingram

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

Michelle Prak

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Family, Social justice, Class and mobility

Heather Taylor Johnson

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

Victoria Purman

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Australian history, Social justice, Feminism, Class and mobility

Nicholas Jose

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

Mandy Foot

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging

Lauren Mullinder

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Environment, General history

Katrina Germein

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging

Helen Edwards

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Family, Environment, Mental health, Australian history, Disability

Finegan Kruckemeyer

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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

Beverley McWilliams

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Friendship, Environment, Identity and belonging, Australian history, General history

ALLAYNE WEBSTER

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Social justice, Disability

Charlie Archbold

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