Creative Net has been set up to facilitate author and illustrator participation in schools, libraries, conferences and festivals, without the cost of paying a speakers' agency a fee. For something completely different, we're providing our service free.

All you need do is choose one of the authors or illustrators listed, give us your preferred date for their appearance, and we will confirm details with the requested speaker. Once the date is set, we put you in direct touch with the author or illustrator concerned. 

Our authors and illustrators cover picture books through to young adult fiction.

All our speakers are experienced and receive excellent feedback.

We expect our list to grow so if there is no one here that you feel is suitable for your event, check us out when you're next organising an event and seeking presenters. 

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Interstate presenters available without the cost of airfares/accommodation costs!

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Susanne Gervay in Melbourne March 6

Deborah Abela: in Melbourne during Library and Information Week (May 20 – 24) In Perth: June 18 and 21.

Gabrielle Wang will be in Perth from September 16 – 29 and available for school visits.

Deborah Abela

Deborah loved reading as a kid and she aims for all her sessions to be informative, interactive and fun to get kids equally as excited about books. Deb trained as a teacher before completing a BA (Comms) at UTS where she studied film and writing, and after that, was the producer/writer of a children’s TV show at Network TEN. She tells stories that inspired her work, including the time she woke up next to an alligator in Africa and was thrown in jail at gunpoint. Drawing on all those experiences, she uses audio/visual and storytelling games to explain how the writing process works and help kids create their own stories. Deb’s won many awards for her books including a 2012 IBBY Outstanding International Book Award in the USA, KOALA, YABBA, Aurealis & the Speech Pathology awards, but mostly she hopes to be as brave as her characters.