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.

Edita Mujkic

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Refugees and political asylum, Migration, Social justice

Christine Gregory

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Social justice

Crystal Corocher

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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

Marija Peričić

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

Mark Mupotsa-Russell

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Family, Death and grief, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism

Emily Spurr

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

David Blumenstein

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Politics, Social justice

Linda Weste

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

Holly Cardamone

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Workshop, Panel guest, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Family, Identity and belonging, Feminism

Laurie Bell

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

Jules Ober

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Workshop, Primary school visit, Family, Identity and belonging, General history

Ruth McGurk

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

Kim Rackham

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Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging

Jo Dabrowski

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Workshop, Primary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family

Sonia Orchard

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism

Luke Johnson

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Panel guest, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Class and mobility

Jacqueline Ross

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Family, Mental health

Elizabeth Vercoe

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Reading, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Physical health

Claire Sutherland

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Panel guest, Friendship, Death and grief, Social justice

Amy Doak

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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, Identity and belonging, Feminism

Matt Shanks

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Refugees and political asylum

Meredith Costain

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Workshop, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family

Amy Suiter Clarke

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Family, Politics, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism, Racism, LGBTQI+

Shel Calopa

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

Robbie Coburn

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

Shannon Jade

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Friendship, Environment, Politics, Disability

Samantha Smith

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Family, Environment

Laura Stitzel

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Reading, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Social justice

Grace Fraraccio

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Death and grief, Identity and belonging

Jenny Valentish

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Physical health, Feminism, Gender

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