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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 Walton

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Environment, Identity and belonging, Physical health, Social justice, Disability

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+

Samantha Tidy

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Environment, Identity and belonging, Australian history, Feminism, Disability

Inessa Jackson

Author

NSW

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Panel guest, Friendship, Identity and belonging, Social justice, Feminism

Albert Jamae

Author

SA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Gender

Vanessa Alexander

Author

QLD

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Workshop, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Social justice

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

Jemima Shafei-Ongu

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics, Refugees and political asylum, Migration, Mental health, Physical health, Social justice, Racism

Amandine Thomas

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Environment, Identity and belonging

Anna Battese

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging

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

Kai Ash

Author

QLD

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Reading, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Gender, LGBTQI+

Mick Elliott

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Friendship, Identity and belonging

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+

Brendan Ryan

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Secondary school visit, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Social justice

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

Andrew Dittmer

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Social justice

Rebecca Fung

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, 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

Judith Rossell

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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

Joanna Bartel

Illustrator

QLD

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Workshop, Primary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Identity and belonging, Australian history, Disability

Yvonne Sewankambo

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Family, Identity and belonging

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

Justin Somper

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging

Hayley Quinn

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Disability

Karen Wasson

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging, Social justice

Catherine DeVrye

Author

NSW

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Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Friendship, Identity and belonging

Amy Hutton

Author

NSW

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging

Edita Mujkic

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Refugees and political asylum, Migration, Social justice

Benita Bensch

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Love and relationships, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Social justice