STAGES Episode 618: JOHN LONIE

STAGES Episode 618: JOHN LONIE

From STAGES with Peter Eyers by Peter Eyers

April 25, 2026 · 1h 3m · Season 9 · Episode 618

About this episode

John Lonie discusses his extensive career in screenwriting, playwriting, and novel writing.

John Lonie is a screenwriter, playwright, script editor and book author. John co-wrote the feature film Kokoda , directed by Alister Grierson. John wrote the television program Frankie's House, three episodes of the AFI Award winning mini-series The Paper Man and he script doctored the AFI award winning mini-series True Believers . Other screenwriting credits include A Country Practice , Rescue , Willesee's Australians and GP . John is regularly engaged as a script editor for features and his script editing credits include Japanese Story , Beneath Clouds , Dogwatch and No Man's Land. John has had five plays professional produced by companies such as State Theatre Company of South Australia, NIDA and St. Martin's Theatre. John's prose work includes his three novellas Act of Love (Blackwattle Press) and other short stories published in various anthologies. John was Co-Head of Scriptwriting at the Australian Film Television and Radio School from 2000 to 2008. John's current feature script Tiger Tiger has been funded by Screen Queensland. John wrote two episodes for the Seven Productions show A Place To Call Home for Foxtel. John’s novel The Woman From Saint-Germain was published by…

People in this episode

Host: Peter Eyers

Guest: John Lonie

Topics covered

  • screenwriting
  • playwriting
  • script editing
  • novels
  • film industry
  • theater

Keywords

  • screenwriter
  • playwright
  • script editor
  • novelist
  • Kokoda
  • True Believers
  • A Place To Call Home
  • The Woman From Saint-Germain
  • theater

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Screen Queensland, Seven Productions, Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins Australia, Australian Film Television and Radio School

Books & works: Kokoda, Frankie's House, The Paper Man, True Believers, A Country Practice, Rescue, Willesee's Australians, GP, Japanese Story, Beneath Clouds

Places: South Australia

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