Last Saturday morning in my suburb, Bondi Junction, it felt like the slow burn ambience of the weekend had begun as normal. Perfect...

Writers Bloc Meetup member Dee says she bought Robert Carrick’s novel Cloudless Love on kindle. First she downloaded a sample from Amazon...

The table was covered with porcelain plates and saucers covered with chicken bones, olive pips and torn flat breads. ‘Oh Mr Benn, that...

We might all dream of balmy days and a life of leisure and indulgence. What is life for? we might wonder. Matt Jackson has made some...

Finally I’ve sat down to write my ideas for yet another story. It’s my happy place, the pen running smoothly across the page of my lined...

In late 2023 I had the opportunity to catch up with an old workmate, a man named Justin. Apart from it being seven years since we last...

I finally sit down to write my ideas for yet another story. It’s my happy place, the pen running smoothly across the page of my lined...

During the long break over Christmas and New year, away from the support & interaction of the SSOA writing group, I’ve spent many hours...

Peace on earth and goodwill to men (Luke 2:14). Specifically, I want Peace in the ‘holy land’, where she appears to have hoisted up her...

Author Robert Carrick has shown us what he's made of with his new novel, Cloudless Love ... in the time of Artificial Intelligence. At...

What would you do if your life became dependent on Artificial Intelligence, and then it vanished overnight? Well, SSOA has just published...

There had been a light splashing of rain so that cars ‘shisssshed’ by on the asphalt. The sky descended in the dark, purplish- grey...

Like many other Australians keen to protect our natural environment, I was delighted to read a recent news article about a farmer from...

We've been pummelled by a lot of false statements made by No campaigners during the lead up to the referendum to be held on October 14,...

Photos of fires on the front pages of newspapers all over the world ... and for me the most graphic image was of a man holding his...

His presence so luminous in the depths of the dark he lures me into his light. Dazzling, brilliant, 'Look at me,’ he declares. The pain...

Everyone has heard of Sam Kerr. But Ellie Carpenter, Hayley Raso, Mackenzie Arnold … who knew them a month ago? The names of these women...

The Indian Summer From the open sliding door of Jo Jackson’s study, I could see out across the water from Abbotsford to Exile Bay....

Our national netball team, the Diamonds, have this week won the Netball World Cup held in Cape Town with a 61-45 victory over England....

There’s no place like the airport There’s no place like the airport, I think, realising that I only have a vague idea what country I’m...