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Author and Illustrator Directory

Find the perfect writer, poet, playwright, storyteller or illustrator for your event.

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Tania Ingram

Author

SA

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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

Sean Wilson

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Family, Death and grief, Australian history

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

Michelle Scott Tucker

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Family, Politics, Australian history, Social justice, Feminism

Michelle Prak

Author

SA

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

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

Margeaux Davis

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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

Lara Cain Gray

Author

QLD

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

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

Jess Sanders

Author

TAS

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Physical health, Social justice, Feminism, Disability, Gender

Emma Maidment

Author

Other/International

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Physical health

Dan Liebke

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Media commentary

Carla Salmon

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, Identity and belonging

Amy Adeney

Author

VIC

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

Kristin Darell

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Physical health

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

Andrea Rowe

Author

VIC

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

Nicole Hayes

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics, Social justice, Feminism, Gender

Eugen Bacon

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Migration, Social justice, Feminism, Racism, Gender

Andy McCarthy

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Environment, Identity and belonging, Politics, Mental health

Christopher Cheng

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief

Sally Rippin

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Mental health, Disability

Suzanne Houghton

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Environment

Susanne Gervay

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Migration, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism, Racism, Disability

Sue Lawson

Author

VIC

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

Steve Minon

Author

QLD

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Reading, Panel guest, Media commentary, Family, Identity and belonging, Racism, Sex and sexuality, 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

Michelle Worthington

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Disability

Matt Samuel

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Death and grief, Mental health

Katrina Germein

Author

SA

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

Kate Murdoch

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Migration, General history, Class and mobility

Kate Foster

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Disability, Class and mobility

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

Jodi McAlister

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Feminism, Sex and sexuality

Helen Edwards

Author

SA

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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

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

Alexa Moses

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Mental health, Feminism

Karys McEwen

Author

VIC

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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, Identity and belonging, Feminism, Gender

Michael Earp

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Identity and belonging, Sex and sexuality, Gender

Sophie Masson

Author

NSW

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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, Identity and belonging

Trish Bolton

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Politics, Social justice, Feminism, Gender, Class and mobility

Melody Horrill

Author

VIC

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

Max Easton

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Identity and belonging, Politics, Class and mobility

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

Dannika Patterson

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Family, Environment, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism

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

Christina Booth

Author & Illustrator

TAS

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

Beverley McWilliams

Author

SA

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

Belinda Murrell

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Australian history, Social justice, Feminism

Allison Tait

Author

NSW

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

Jacqueline Harvey

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, General history

Alison Evans

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Identity and belonging, Gender, Class and mobility

Andrew Hansen

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Friendship, Politics, General history

Lachlann Carter

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Identity and belonging, Social justice