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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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Louise Carter

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Friendship, Death and grief, Feminism, Sex and sexuality

Lauren Keegan

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging, Feminism

Lara Cain Gray

Author

QLD

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

Kylie Chan

Author

QLD

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Family, Identity and belonging, Politics, Sex and sexuality

Ky Garvey

Author

QLD

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

Katya de Becerra

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging

Karen Hendriks

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Refugees and political asylum, Migration, Australian history

Josie McSkimming

Author

NSW

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

Josh Donellan

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics, Social justice

Jevita Nilson

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Environment, Death and grief

Jess Racklyeft

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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

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

Emma Pei Yin

Author

ACT

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Family, Identity and belonging, Racism, Gender

Eileen O’Hely

Author

QLD

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

Earl Livings

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Family, Death and grief

Donna M Cameron

Author

NSW

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

Dan Liebke

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Media commentary

CHUCK MCKENZIE

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Politics

Carla Salmon

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, Identity and belonging

Binny Talib

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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

Annie White

Author & Illustrator

VIC

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

Angie Cui

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Migration, Feminism, Racism, Sex and sexuality, Gender

Amy Adeney

Author

VIC

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

Amanda Willimott

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Love and relationships, Friendship, Identity and belonging, General history, Feminism

Amanda Bridgeman

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Feminism, Gender

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

Heidi Walkinshaw

Author

NSW

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

Emma Lord

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Media commentary, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health

Brooke Graham

Author

QLD

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Reading, Workshop, Primary school visit, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health