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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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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

Aล›ka .

Author & Illustrator

WA

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Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Disability, LGBTQI+

Daniel Gray-Barnett

Author & Illustrator

TAS

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Disability, LGBTQI+

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

R. A. Stephens

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Mental health, Disability

Julie Thorndyke

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Friendship, Family, Australian history, Disability

Tina Wilson

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Disability

Shel Calopa

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Secondary school visit, Identity and belonging, Social justice, Feminism, Racism, Disability, Gender

Seana Smith

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Secondary school visit, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Physical health, Disability

Shannon Jade

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Friendship, Environment, Politics, Disability

Josephine Moon

Author

QLD

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Mental health, Disability

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

Lara Porter

Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Physical health, Disability

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

Eileen O’Hely

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Environment, Disability

Aimee Chan

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Feminism, Racism, Disability

Heather Taylor Johnson

Author

SA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Feminism, Disability

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

Dani Netherclift

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Family, Death and grief, Disability

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

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

Pip Harry

Author

NSW

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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, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Social justice, Disability

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

Kitty Black

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Disability

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

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

Alex Creece

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Social justice, Disability, Sex and sexuality

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

Emma Bowd

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Mental health, Physical health, Social justice, Disability

ALLAYNE WEBSTER

Author

SA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Social justice, Disability