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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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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

Judith Rossell

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, General history

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

Catherine McCullagh

Author

NSW

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Reading, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Love and relationships, Friendship, Death and grief, General history

Kelly Rimmer

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Mental health, General history

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

Jules Ober

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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Workshop, Primary school visit, Family, Identity and belonging, General history

Suzanne Leal

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, General history, Racism

Di Taylor

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, General history

Nicole Alexander

Author

NSW

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Reading, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Physical health, Australian history, General history, Racism

Julia Levitina

Author

NSW

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Workshop, Panel guest, Identity and belonging, Migration, General history

Tony Flowers

Author & Illustrator

TAS

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Refugees and political asylum, General history

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

Melissa Ashley

Author

QLD

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

Katrina Nannestad

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, General history

Kate and Jol Temple

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging, Refugees and political asylum, Mental health, General history

George Ivanoff

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging, Australian history, General history

Anna Go-Go

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Mental health, Physical health, General history, Feminism, Gender

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

James Phelan

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Politics, General history

Brian Falkner

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, General history

Suzanne Leal

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, Family, Identity and belonging, General history

Norman Jorgensen

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Australian history, General history, Social justice

Mark Greenwood

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Australian history, General history

Amanda Willimott

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Friendship, Identity and belonging, General history, Feminism

Pamela Rushby

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Australian history, General history, Feminism

Rebekah Bertram

Author

VIC

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Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, General history

Phil Hore

Author

QLD

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Workshop, Panel guest, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Environment, Politics, Australian history, General history

Melanie Joosten

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, General history, Social justice, Feminism, Gender