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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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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

Jennifer Falkner

Illustrator

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging, Mental health

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

Shaeden Berry

Author

WA

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Mental health

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

Zoë Bennett

Illustrator

NSW

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

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

Christine Newell

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Friendship, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health

Caz Goodwin

Author

VIC

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

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

Camille Manley

Illustrator

QLD

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Panel guest, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Physical health

Graeme Simsion

Author

VIC

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

Tania Ingram

Author

SA

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

Martine Kropkowski

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism

Marny Lishman

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Mental health

Josie McSkimming

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism, Sex and sexuality, Gender

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

Emma Maidment

Author

Other/International

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

Binny Talib

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Mental health

Kristin Darell

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, Environment, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Physical health

Emma Lord

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health

Brooke Graham

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health

Anna Battese

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Environment, Mental health

Andrea Rowe

Author

VIC

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

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

James Foley

Author & Illustrator

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism

Maura Pierlot

Author

ACT

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health

Bonny Cassidy

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Secondary school visit, Environment, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Australian history, Feminism, Gender