Australian authors are hosting an online auction to raise funds for the firefighters who are working to fight this year’s unprecedented and horrifying fire season.

Items up for auction can be tracked on Twitter under the #AuthorsForFireys or #AuthorsForFiries hashtags. We’ve compiled a list of some of the offerings below with links straight to the author’s bids on Twitter. This is an incomplete list (because items can be added at any time), but it does showcase the range of options on offer.

To bid on an item, you should reply to the original tweets on Twitter and contact the authors directly.

Signed prints for art lovers

• Alison Lester
• Kelly Canby
• Jo Renfro
• Shivaun Plozza
• Gabrielle Wang
• Matt Cosgrove
• Sophie Beer
• Nicki Greenberg
• Fiona Howarth
• Jules Faber

Immortalise yourself in your favourite author’s next book

• Jenna Guillaume
• Liane Moriarty
• R.W.R. McDonald
• Mat Larkin
• Claire Christian
• Ellie Marney
• Claire Zorn
• Daniel Gray-Barnett
• Jessica Townsend
• Holly Ringland
• Margaret Morgan
• Damon Young
• Victoria Mackinlay
• Zana Fraillon

Feedback for fiction or non-fiction writers

• Angela Meyer
• Alison Arnold
• Kerryn Goldsworthy
• Candice Fox
• Dervla McTiernan
• Stephanie Bishop
• Joanne Harris
• Julie Koh
• Alice Bishop
• Catriona Menzies-Pike
• Angela Savage
• Melanie Cheng

Feedback for YA & children’s writers

• Margot McGovern
• Nina Kenwood
• Lili Wilkinson
• Danielle Binks
• Kate Gordon
• Jaclyn Moriarty
• Fiona Hardy
• Leanne Hall
• Eleni Hale
• Jodi McAlister
• Anna McGregor

Signed copies for book lovers

• Tara Moss
• Lisa Fuller
• Fiona Hardy
• Meg Keneally
• Chris Currie
• Cass Moriarty
• Wai Chim
• Hannah Kent
• Leigh Bardugo
• Min Jin Lee
• Marcia Langton
• Omar Sakr
• Jessica Walton
• Carly Findlay
• Helen Garner: here and here
• Stephanie Alexander
• Rachael Craw
• Mark Haddon
• Katherine Kovacic
• Various Brisbane writers
• Sandy Barker
• Cheryl Strayed
• Laura McPhee-Browne
• Susan Johnson
• Gerald Murnane
• Robbie Arnott
• Lucy Treloar
• Bram Presser
• Josephine Rowe
• Peter Carey
• Jessica Adams
• Kerri Turner and others
• Rachael Brown
• Christy Collins

Special one-off gifts

• Eleanor Limprecht – a full day’s research from NSW State Archives
• Maxine Beneba Clarke – a poem commission
• Penni Russon – an advice poem commission
• Trent Dalton – a visit to a Brisbane-based book club
• Julie Goodwin – a one-on-one recipe writing workshop
• Nat Amoore – a 30-second book trailer, or equivalent social media content
• The First Time Podcast – appear on the podcast
• Leanne Hall – assistance with your next grant/funding application
• Benjamin Law – dinner with Law and David Marr
• Chris Gordon – a consultation with Readings’ events guru
• Jackie French – a ‘suggest your own bid’ offer
• Clementine Ford – a personally cooked dinner. One of multiple auctions Ford is offering
• Virginia Trioli – signed books and a talk on sexual harassment
• Anita Heiss – breakfast with Heiss and Benjamin Law
• Jess Hill – three signed copies and a personal author talk
• Favel Parrett – a crochet blanket
• Leigh Sales & Annabel Crabb – tickets to a Chat 10 Looks 3 show with pre-event drinks
• Kevin Rudd – signed political memorabilia
• Christos Tsiolkas – a third-draft copy of Damascus, and signed books
• Heather Rose – a day trip to Bruny Island
• Jaclyn Crupi – a semolina pasta-making workshop and lunch
• Sandra Reynolds – a two-hour private cooking class
• Graeme Simsion – A visit to a Melbourne-based book club
• Nova Weetman & Emily Gale – A two-hour writing workshop
• Karen Wyld – A four-hour weaving and yarning workshop

The #AuthorsForFireys auction ends at 11pm AEST on Saturday 11 January, 2020. So get bidding!

In the meantime, here are a couple of other round-ups of auction items put together by other people

• The official master spreadsheet of auctions
• A round-up of some participating First Nations writers
• A round-up of some participating children’s and YA authors
• A round-up of some participating Penguin authors
• A round-up of some participating HarperCollins authors
• A round-up of some participating Black Inc. and Nero authors
• A round-up of some participating University of Queensland Press authors
• A round-up of some participating Hachette Australia authors
• A round-up of some manuscript assessments

Please follow along with the hashtags #AuthorsForFireys or #AuthorsForFiries on Twitter to keep track of your bids, discover new items and learn of updates.