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

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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+

Amelia Mellor

Author

VIC

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

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

Graham Akhurst

Author

NSW

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Reading, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Identity and belonging, Politics, Australian history, Social justice, Racism

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

Howard McKenzie-Murray

Author

WA

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

Norman Jorgensen

Author

WA

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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

Stuart Wilson

Author

VIC

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

Rebecca Lim

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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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

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

Lawrey Goodrick

Author & Illustrator

QLD

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

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+

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

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

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+

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

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+

Dina Davis

Author

NSW

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, 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, Feminism, Racism, Disability

Crystal Corocher

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Environment, Identity and belonging, Migration, Australian history

Trent Jamieson

Author

QLD

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

Sarah Sasson

Author

NSW

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Family, Death and grief, Mental health

Linda Royal

Author

NSW

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Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Refugees and political asylum, Migration, Mental health, General history, Social justice, Feminism, Racism, Sex and sexuality

Carly-Jay Metcalfe

Author

QLD

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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, Physical health, Disability, Sex and sexuality

Mitch Jennings

Author

NSW

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Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging

Evan Croker

Author

ACT

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

Holly Cardamone

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Family, Identity and belonging, Feminism

Laurie Bell

Author

VIC

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

Edwina Shaw

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, Environment, Death and grief, Mental health, Physical health, Australian history, Social justice, Feminism

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