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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Carly-Jay Metcalfe

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Physical health, Disability, Sex and sexuality

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

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

Zoe Bingley-Pullin

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Physical health

Elizabeth Vercoe

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Physical health

Mary Pearson

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Physical health, Gender

Seana Smith

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Secondary school visit, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Physical health, Disability

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

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

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

Lara Porter

Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Physical health, Disability

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

Ky Garvey

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Primary school visit, Family, Physical health

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

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

Tobias Madden

Author

Other/International

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Physical health, Sex and sexuality

Idan Ben-Barak

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Physical health

Emma Bowd

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Mental health, Physical health, Social justice, Disability