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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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Mark Carthew

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Friendship

Marjory Gardner

Illustrator

VIC

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Workshop, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family

Mandy Foot

Author & Illustrator

SA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging

Lucinda Gifford

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment

Louise Wolhuter

Author

WA

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Workshop, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family

Lorena Carrington

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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

Lisa Walker

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Environment, Feminism

Lisa Foley

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Death and grief

Lian Tanner

Author

TAS

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

Shivaun Plozza

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging

Lauren Mullinder

Illustrator

SA

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Environment, General history

Laraine Stephens

Author

VIC

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Keynote speech, Australian history

Kylie Howarth

Author & Illustrator

WA

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

Kitty Black

Author

WA

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

Kirsten Ealand

Author

NSW

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

Kayte Nunn

Author

NSW

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Workshop, Panel guest, Family, Death and grief, Social justice, Feminism, Class and mobility

Katrina Germein

Author

SA

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

Katrina McKelvey

Author

NSW

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

Katherine Kovacic

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Friendship, Death and grief, Australian history, Feminism

Kate Murdoch

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Migration, General history, Class and mobility

Kate Foster

Author

QLD

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

Kate McCaffrey

Author

WA

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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, Social justice, Feminism, Sex and sexuality, Gender

Karen Tyrrell

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Environment, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Australian history

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