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.

Will Kostakis

Author

NSW

#
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+

Amelia Mellor

Author

VIC

#
Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Environment, Australian history

Melissa Bray

Author

ACT

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

Nova Weetman

Author

VIC

#
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

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

Frané Lessac

Author & Illustrator

WA

#
Workshop, Primary school visit, Environment, Australian history

HM Waugh

Author

WA

#
Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Environment, Identity and belonging, Social justice, Class and mobility

Julia Lawrinson

Author

WA

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

Howard McKenzie-Murray

Author

WA

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

Helen Milroy

Author & Illustrator

WA

#
Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health

Norman Jorgensen

Author

WA

#
Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Australian history, General history, Class and mobility

Dianne Wolfer

Author

WA

#
Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Australian history

Stuart Wilson

Author

VIC

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

Rebecca Lim

Author & Illustrator

VIC

#
Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Refugees and political asylum, Migration, Australian history, Feminism, Racism, Gender, Class and mobility

Huda Hayek

Author

WA

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

Jack Heath

Author

ACT

#
Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Mental health, Disability

Nat Amoore

Author

NSW

#
Panel guest, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Social justice, Disability

Kirrili Lonergan

Illustrator

NSW

#
Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Mental health

Anita Heiss

Author

QLD

#
Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Politics, Australian history, Social justice

Clare Yang

Illustrator

NSW

#
Workshop, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging, Migration

Lawrey Goodrick

Author & Illustrator

QLD

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

Ben Wood

Illustrator

VIC

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

Gabriella Page

Author

Other/International

#
Reading, Workshop, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health

Kim de Haan

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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

Sylvia Morris

Illustrator

SA

#
Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment

Samantha Tidy

Author

NSW

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

Vanessa Alexander

Author

QLD

#
Workshop, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Social justice

Jemima Shafei-Ongu

Author

NSW

#
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

Amandine Thomas

Author & Illustrator

VIC

#
Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Environment, Identity and belonging

Anna Battese

Author

VIC

#
Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging

Older posts