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Australia Reads

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.

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Melissa Fagan

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Love and relationships, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Australian history, Social justice, Feminism, Gender, Class and mobility

Luke Johnson

Author

VIC

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

Natalie Kyriacou OAM

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Environment, Politics, Social justice, Class and mobility

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

Suneeta Peres da Costa

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, 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, Mental health, Physical health, Australian history, General history, Social justice, Feminism, Racism, Disability, Sex and sexuality, Gender, Class and mobility

Jaclyn Crupi

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Family, Migration, Australian history, Class and mobility

Lucie Stevens

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, General history, Class and mobility

Michelle Prak

Author

SA

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

Raeden Richardson

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Class and mobility

Paddy O’Reilly

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Love and relationships, Family, Class and mobility

Victoria Purman

Author

SA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Australian history, Social justice, Feminism, Class and mobility

Tara Calaby

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Death and grief, Mental health, Gender, Class and mobility

Steve Minon

Author

QLD

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

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

Michelle Morgan

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Australian history, Class and mobility

Kayte Nunn

Author

NSW

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Workshop, Panel guest, Family, Death and grief, Social justice, Feminism, Class and mobility

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

Davinia Evans

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Love and relationships, Family, Identity and belonging, Social justice, Class and mobility

Danielle Binks

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Politics, Refugees and political asylum, Mental health, Australian history, Social justice, Feminism, Racism, Class and mobility

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

Toni Jordan

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Family, General history, Feminism, Class and mobility

Kate Mildenhall

Author

VIC

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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, Family, Environment, Social justice, Feminism, Gender, Class and mobility

Keshe Chow

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Feminism, Racism, Class and mobility

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

Zahid Gamieldien

Author

NSW

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Family, Death and grief, Racism, Class and mobility

Ashley Kalagian Blunt

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Family, Feminism, Class and mobility

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

Qin Qin

Author

ACT

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Feminism, Racism, Class and mobility