Not the Plot
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Not the Plot
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Lellie Lopter - Writing about big feelings and tricky topics
Kellie Coff, writing as Lellie Lopter, is an international award-winning children’s author, illustrator, and creator who isn’t afraid to write about big feelings and tricky topics. Her stories encourage children to think big,...
Sharon Giltrow - Writing for young readers with humour and heart.
Sharon Giltrow is an award-winning author of humorous and heartfelt picture books and speculative, adventure-filled middle grade books. Sharon grew up in South Australia, the youngest of eight children in a one-hundred-year-o...
Liv Lorkin - A heart-led path to creativity
Liv Lorkin is a heart-led children's book author, illustrator and visual storyteller.Since packing books underneath her bed as a child, she’s loved reading, writing and colouring outside the lines. With a blended background in sci...
Alan Fyfe - Putting place and poverty on the page
Alan Fyfe is a maker of stories and poems who lives on unceded Noongar country. Alan’s poetry and prose fiction has received recognition with a number of awards and listings in Australia and internationally. His latest release, The Cross Th...
Brenton Cullen - On writing, reading, and staying the distance
Brenton Cullen is a Queensland writer, bookseller and passionate advocate for children’s literature. He writes stories from the heart for all ages, with a particular love for picture books and middle-grade fiction.He has written articles, i...
