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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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Juliet Sampson

Author

VIC

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

Julie Murphy

Author

VIC

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Reading, Primary school visit, Environment

Josie McSkimming

Author

NSW

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

Jodi McAlister

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Feminism, Sex and sexuality

Jessica Roberts

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Friendship, Politics

Jeff Apter

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Australian history, General history

Jasmine Berry

Illustrator

WA

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Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Feminism

Jan-andrew Henderson

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit

Jacinta Froud

Author

ACT

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family

Idan Ben-Barak

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Physical health

Helen Edwards

Author

SA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Family, Environment, Mental health, Australian history, Disability

Heidi McKinnon McKinnon

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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

Hazel Edwards OAM

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Friendship, Family, Environment, Refugees and political asylum, Australian history

Amie Kaufman

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Feminism, Sex and sexuality

Andrew McDonald

Author

VIC

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Primary school visit

Finegan Kruckemeyer

Author

SA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging

Emily Tsokos Purtill

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Family, Identity and belonging, Migration, Feminism, Gender

Diana Plater

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Environment, Politics, Refugees and political asylum, Australian history

Davinia Evans

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Love and relationships, Family, Identity and belonging, Social justice, Class and mobility

Bren MacDibble

Author

WA

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

Bethany Loveridge

Author & Illustrator

QLD

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Workshop, Panel facilitator, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging, Australian history

Astred Hicks

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Family, Environment

Alison Goodman

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Coming of age, Family, General history, Feminism

Alexa Moses

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Mental health, Feminism

Alex Creece

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Social justice, Disability, Sex and sexuality

Jade Goodwin

Illustrator

NSW

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

Lisa Kenway

Author

NSW

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Love and relationships, Environment, Death and grief, Mental health

Kelly Gardiner

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Identity and belonging, General history, Gender

Ingrid Laguna

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Refugees and political asylum, Migration, Social justice, Racism

Joanna Horton

Author

QLD

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Reading, Panel guest, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief