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May 24, 20232 min read
Sydney protest to free Australian citizen Julian Assange
Supporters in the campaign to save Julian Assange gathered peacefully at Hyde Park's Archibald Fountain in Sydney today. They called on...
sydneysoa
May 19, 20232 min read
How safe is it to write for publication? Which genre is safest - life story or fiction?
Responses by SSOA emerging writers to the weekly writing prompt above: Which genre is safest, life story or fiction? In both genres,...
sydneysoa
May 10, 20233 min read
... the big things take care of themselves.
Robert Carrick a member of SSOA's Write Club on Tuesday evenings, undertook a fictional interpretation of the last part of Emily...
sydneysoa
May 4, 20233 min read
If you take care of the small things
Yes, that's the first part of American poet Emily Dickinson's famous quote ... We'll deal with the later part - in relation to writing -...
sydneysoa
Apr 25, 20233 min read
The language of war
With due respect for the Australian men and women who have been killed in war and are honoured on Anzac Day, I would like to send out a...
sydneysoa
Mar 15, 20233 min read
'Looking forward ...'
To look forward, all you have to do is cast your mind ahead a few years. Use your inner crystal ball and with enough imagination, you...
sydneysoa
Feb 24, 20233 min read
'Looking back ...' - flash excerpts
This week's writing prompt for members of Sydney School of Arts & Humanities' writing groups was the simple phrase 'looking back ...'...
sydneysoa
Feb 13, 20232 min read
I FIGHT WITH MY EMAIL AND TXT AUTOCORRECT
So what's new? Humans have been chiding, encouraging, abusing and singing the praises of their tools since time immemorial - that is,...
sydneysoa
Feb 2, 20233 min read
The Rhythm of Life
She paddled out in the early light. The sun was on the horizon with the promise of a sparkling blue day. It had just turned springtime,...
sydneysoa
Jan 13, 20233 min read
You say collecting, I say hoarding
Or is it vice versa? What is one person's treasure is another's trash. The prompt for SSOA emerging writers this week could range from...
sydneysoa
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Swimming - with thanks
Since May 2022, nearly 4,300 Ukrainians have arrived in Australia, many taking refuge in Sydney. Most are women with young children, as...
sydneysoa
Nov 7, 20223 min read
How smart is it for Australia to open up its territory as an arsenal base and spy centre?
This week's writing prompt for SSOA emerging writers gets right to the nitty gritty. Just how intelligent is intelligence gathering for a...
sydneysoa
Nov 3, 20224 min read
Australia's east coast landscape looks more like rural England by the day ... so what's next?
I’m lucky enough to live in a part of New South Wales where I haven’t been affected by natural disasters like floods and bushfires. But...
sydneysoa
Oct 19, 20224 min read
Raining, Pouring - I can't get up in the morning
'I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.' ― Charles Chaplin The storm had passed, and the eucalyptus forest at...
sydneysoa
Oct 9, 20225 min read
Prove Your Identity!
With personal security still unresolved after a certain Australian-Singaporean telco allowed a hacker to ransom millions of customers'...
sydneysoa
Oct 1, 20223 min read
You know you’re a writer when ...
Members of Sydney School of Arts & Humanities writers' groups were this week given the task of writing a response to the above prompt,...
sydneysoa
Sep 27, 20222 min read
Economic Enema
Kevin opened his bedroom window to find the large moving truck parked outside. The truck's back doors were open and one of the movers...
sydneysoa
Sep 24, 20222 min read
Mantel - a literary genius
Such a sad feeling at news of the death of the great English novelist Hilary Mantel. I can only agree with J K Rowling's pithy response:...
sydneysoa
Sep 12, 20223 min read
Long live democracy
This Sydney School of Arts & Humanities post was republished on John Menadue's ' 'Pearls & Irritations' - https://johnmenadue.com/long-li...
sydneysoa
Sep 10, 20223 min read
Sunshine and rain
I have heard some lament that the movement of recognition and action for climate change is like a religion. Yet we all seem to like a...
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