Not the Plot
Conversations about books, art and living a creative life.
Not the Plot
Latest Episodes
Geoffrey Gates - Meeting a novel challenge
Geoffrey Gates is an educator, author and songwriter. After university, he taught in London and Hamburg for nine years before returning to Sydney. Geoffrey’s short fiction and essays have appeared in such literary journals as Southerly, ...
Catherine de Saint Phalle - Finding essential truth
Catherine de Saint Phalle was born in London, spent her first years in Sussex, England and then lived in Paris and the South of France before moving to Australia in 2003. She has had six books published in France. Her fifth book wi...
Veronica Rooke - Balancing creativity and practicality for artistic success
Veronica Rooke can trace her artistic career back to her first year in primary school when she started writing and illustrating wacky stories and announced she was going to be an artist. At the time no one appreciated her crayon masterpi...
Katie Stewart - Creating picture books with heart
Katie Stewart has worked in a variety of jobs, from archaeologist to school library assistant, but illustrating was what she always wanted to do, with writing coming in a close second. So, it’s only natural that she eventually got around...
