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.

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+

Rachael Robertson

Author & Illustrator

WA

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Workshop, Primary school visit, Environment

Geoff Hutchison

Author

WA

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Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Politics

Sally Barton

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Family

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

Jennifer Falkner

Illustrator

WA

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

Shaeden Berry

Author

WA

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

Renee Treml

Author & Illustrator

WA

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

Sally Murphy

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Australian history

Norman Jorgensen

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Australian history, General history, Social justice

Marny Lishman

Author

WA

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

Mark Greenwood

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Australian history, General history

Jevita Nilson

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Environment, Death and grief

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

James Foley

Author & Illustrator

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism

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

Deb Fitzpatrick

Author

WA

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

Sharon Giltrow

Author

WA

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

Sasha Wasley

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, Politics, Australian history, Social justice, Feminism, Class and mobility

Sandy Barker

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family

Louise Wolhuter

Author

WA

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Workshop, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family

Kylie Howarth

Author & Illustrator

WA

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

Kitty Black

Author

WA

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

Kate McCaffrey

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism, Sex and sexuality, Gender

Jasmine Berry

Illustrator

WA

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Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Feminism

Emily Tsokos Purtill

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Family, Identity and belonging, Migration, Feminism, Gender

Bren MacDibble

Author

WA

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

Fleur McDonald

Author

WA

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Panel guest, Keynote speech, Identity and belonging

Cristy Burne

Author

WA

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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, Australian history

Ash Harrier

Author

WA

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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, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Social justice, Feminism

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