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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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AJ Betts

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Death and grief, Mental health

Kyra Geddes

Author

NSW

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Panel guest, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Love and relationships, Family, Australian history, Feminism

Su-May Tan

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Migration

Deborah Frenkel

Author

VIC

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

Deb Fitzpatrick

Author

WA

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

Sally Rippin

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Friendship, Family, Mental health, Disability

Anton Clifford-Motopi

Author

QLD

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Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Racism

Debra Tidball

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Primary school visit, Love and relationships, Family, Death and grief, Mental health

Dani Netherclift

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Family, Death and grief, Disability

Paddy O’Reilly

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Love and relationships, Family, Class and mobility

Victoria Purman

Author

SA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Australian history, Social justice, Feminism, Class and mobility

Verity Croker

Author

QLD

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

Troy Hunter

Author

VIC

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Workshop, Panel guest, Secondary school visit, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Sex and sexuality

Tobias Madden

Author

Other/International

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Physical health, Sex and sexuality

Texi Smith

Author

NSW

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Reading, Panel guest, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Refugees and political asylum, Migration, Sex and sexuality

Tara Marlow

Author

TAS

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Workshop, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Feminism

Tara Calaby

Author

VIC

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Reading, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Death and grief, Mental health, Gender, Class and mobility

Tania Chandler

Author

VIC

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Coming of age, Love and relationships, Mental health

Suzanne Houghton

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Media commentary, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Environment

Susanne Gervay

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, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Migration, Mental health, Social justice, Feminism, Racism, Disability

Sue Lawson

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, Friendship, Family, Environment, Death and grief, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Australian history, Racism

Steve Minon

Author

QLD

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Reading, Panel guest, Media commentary, Family, Identity and belonging, Racism, Sex and sexuality, Class and mobility

Stephanie Reeder

Author

ACT

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Reading, Panel guest, Keynote speech, Environment, Australian history

Sharon Giltrow

Author

WA

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

Sasha Wasley

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, Politics, Australian history, Social justice, Feminism, Class and mobility

Sarah Armstrong

Author

NSW

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Environment, Identity and belonging

Sandy Barker

Author

WA

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Reading, Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Love and relationships, Friendship, Family

Sami Bayly

Author & Illustrator

NSW

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Workshop, Primary school visit, Secondary school visit, Environment

Samera Kamaleddine

Author

NSW

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Workshop, Panel guest, Panel facilitator, Keynote speech, Primary school visit, Coming of age, Friendship, Family, Identity and belonging, Mental health, Racism

Richard Yaxley

Author

QLD

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