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.

Emma Young

Author

WA

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Friendship, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Physical health, Feminism

Prema Arasu

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Environment, Identity and belonging, Politics, Mental health, Racism, Gender, LGBTQI+

Julia Lawrinson

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Mental health, Australian history

Helen Milroy

Author & Illustrator

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health

Dennis Haskell

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics, Mental health, Physical health, Sex and sexuality, Class and mobility

Josephine Taylor

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Environment, Mental health, Feminism, Disability, Sex and sexuality

Jack Heath

Author

ACT

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

Kirrili Lonergan

Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Mental health

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

Gabriella Page

Author

Other/International

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Reading, Workshop, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health

Jodi Wilson

Author

TAS

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Family, Environment, Mental health, Physical 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+

Lauren Novak

Author

SA

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Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Family, Mental health, Feminism, Gender

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

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

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+

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

David Knoff

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Keynote speech, Environment, Politics, Mental health, Australian 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

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

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

Deborah Abela

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging, Mental health

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

Aśka .

Author & Illustrator

WA

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

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

Victoria Vivente

Author

NSW

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

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

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

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