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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.

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.

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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

Kathy George

Author

QLD

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Workshop, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Feminism

Liz Evans

Author

TAS

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism

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

Lainie Anderson

Author

SA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Australian history, Feminism

Peta Miller

Author

QLD

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Reading, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Australian history, Feminism

Marija Peričić

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Family, Death and grief, Migration, Feminism

Mark Mupotsa-Russell

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Family, Death and grief, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism

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

Cary Lenehan

Author

TAS

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Identity and belonging, Feminism, Racism, Sex and sexuality, Gender

Amy de la Force

Author

Other/International

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Workshop, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Friendship, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Feminism

Linda Weste

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism, LGBTQI+

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

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

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

Molly Benjamin

Author

NSW

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Love and relationships, Feminism, Gender

Sonia Orchard

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism

Jane Tara

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Mental health, Feminism

Liz Foster

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Feminism

Erna Walraven

Author

NSW

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Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Love and relationships, Environment, Feminism, Sex and sexuality, Gender

Amy Doak

Author

VIC

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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, Identity and belonging, Feminism

Amy Suiter Clarke

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Family, Politics, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism, Racism, LGBTQI+

Shel Calopa

Author

VIC

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

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

Nadia Mahjouri

Author

TAS

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism

Jenny Valentish

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Physical health, Feminism, Gender

Brooke Blurton

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Feminism, Racism, Sex and sexuality, Gender

Melissa Ashley

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Family, General history, Feminism, Gender