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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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Julie Murphy

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Family, Environment, Social justice

Jaclyn Crupi

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Family, Migration, Australian history, Class and mobility

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

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

Cate James

Illustrator

NSW

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Workshop, Primary school visit, Environment

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

Amelia Tonta

Author

ACT

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

Ali Rutstein

Author

QLD

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Workshop, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family

Dannielle Viera

Author

NSW

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

Sue Whiting

Author

NSW

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

Melissa Garside

Author

NSW

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

Melanie Saward

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Family, Identity and belonging, Racism, Sex and sexuality

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

Louise Park

Author

NSW

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

Lara Porter

Illustrator

NSW

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

Karen Comer

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging

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

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

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

Angela Savage

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Family, Social justice, Racism, Gender

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

Vaughan Duck

Illustrator

ACT

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Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship

Victoria Brownlee

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship

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

Suzy Zail

Author

VIC

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Panel guest, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Social justice, Feminism, Racism

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

Stef Gemmill

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging, Refugees and political asylum, Migration

Sherryl Clark

Author

Other/International

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Australian history, Social justice, Feminism

Sean Wilson

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Family, Death and grief, Australian history