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 Eligibility Criteria, T&Cs and Code of Conduct, and sign up here.

Kirli Saunders

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Environment, Australian history, Racism

Will Kostakis

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, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, LGBTQI+

Emma Young

Author

WA

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Friendship, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Physical health, Feminism

Melissa Bray

Author

ACT

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

Prema Arasu

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Environment, Identity and belonging, Politics, Mental health, Racism, Gender, LGBTQI+

Nova Weetman

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging

Deb Fitzpatrick

Author

WA

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

Emily Paull

Author

WA

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

Julia Lawrinson

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Mental health, Australian history

Dennis Haskell

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics, Mental health, Physical health, Sex and sexuality, Class and mobility

Josephine Taylor

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Environment, Mental health, Feminism, Disability, Sex and sexuality

Linda Martin

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Australian history

Rachel Fox McLeod

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Feminism, Sex and sexuality, LGBTQI+

Samantha Tidy

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Environment, Identity and belonging, Australian history, Feminism, Disability

Lauren Novak

Author

SA

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Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Family, Mental health, Feminism, Gender

Albert Jamae

Author

SA

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

Reimena Yee

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Death and grief, Gender, LGBTQI+

Simone Amelia Jordan

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Identity and belonging, Social justice, Feminism, Racism

Jemima Shafei-Ongu

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics, Refugees and political asylum, Migration, Mental health, Physical health, Social justice, Racism

Steven Herrick

Author

QLD

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics, Refugees and political asylum, Migration

Mick Elliott

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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

Jake Gablonski

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Coming of age, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Australian history, Racism, LGBTQI+

Alexandria Burnham

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Love and relationships, Australian history, LGBTQI+

Elizabeth Cummings

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism, Disability

Lorena Otes

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Feminism, Sex and sexuality

R.A. Spratt

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Migration, Mental health, General history, Feminism, Racism, Disability

Renee Price

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Primary school visit

Amy Hutton

Author

NSW

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging

Rae White

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, Family, Identity and belonging, Gender, LGBTQI+

Deborah Abela

Author

NSW

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

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