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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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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

Karys McEwen

Author

VIC

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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, Identity and belonging, Feminism, Gender

Hasib Hourani

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics, Refugees and political asylum, Migration, Social justice, Racism, Sex and sexuality, Gender

Michael Earp

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Identity and belonging, Sex and sexuality, Gender

Michelle See-Tho

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging

Danielle Binks

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Politics, Refugees and political asylum, Mental health, Australian history, Social justice, Feminism, Racism, Class and mobility

Sophie Masson

Author

NSW

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

Trish Bolton

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Media commentary, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Politics, Social justice, Feminism, Gender, Class and mobility

Toni Jordan

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Family, General history, Feminism, Class and mobility

Kate Mildenhall

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, Family, Environment, Social justice, Feminism, Gender, Class and mobility

Jeremy Lachlan

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief

Keshe Chow

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Feminism, Racism, Class and mobility

Melody Horrill

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

Melanie La’Brooy

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Identity and belonging, Politics, General history, Social justice, Racism

Max Easton

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Identity and belonging, Politics, Class and mobility

Siang Lu

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Identity and belonging, Migration, Racism

Sharlene Allsopp

Author

QLD

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Reading, Panel guest, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics, Refugees and political asylum, Australian history, General history, Social justice, Feminism

Zahid Gamieldien

Author

NSW

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Family, Death and grief, Racism, Class and mobility

Jackie French

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Environment, Australian history, General history, Feminism, Disability

Fleur McDonald

Author

WA

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Panel guest, Keynote speech, Identity and belonging