CORONAVIRUS Nowhere to go With all his usual cafes closed, the writer has nowhere to go – except deeper into those unexplored recesses of...

OUR WRITERS' PROMPT - DOUBLE, DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE 'Double, double toil and trouble,' the barista said, making yet another coffee in...

'Quarantined' is now available as an ebook on Amazon. It tells the daily diary experience of compulsory quarantine for an Australian...

Ooh-la-la Easter Monday How fresh the air, how scenic the landscape, how free my spirit feels. Am I lost for words? Almost but not...

As one of the travellers from Peru quarantined in a Sydney hotel since March 31 – and due to emerge into the ‘real world’ this coming...

Feeling rather house proud today (or should I say 'fière de ma chambre'?) ... I've easily been able to carry out my simple laundry and...

Let me begin today with a joke since they’re scarce these days … A Canadian teacher, a Scottish pilot and a Puerta Rican lawyer walk into...

One week down – one to go! As if by magic, the question I raised in my last blog about what can be learnt about the specific qualities of...

Wasn’t it superb to have a sunny Sunday to relax? Although I couldn’t get out in that sunshine, I was so pleased to see it – and to see...

4th night - Friday: Plenty of time to contemplate the question of quarantine, detention, compulsory restraint or imprisonment here in...

Day 3 - You know how there’s always someone in your life who ‘gets on your goat’? It’s not a situation peculiar to being locked up in...

Day 2 - Yes! I’ve done it! I was wondering how long it would take me to give up getting into day clothes, since I’m not allowed to...

Day 1 - I’ve been pondering the amount of time & effort I put into planning for about half a year a trip to Peru, only to find myself in...

A recent prompt for an SSOA Writing of the Week exercise came from an Indian novel, Saraswati Park by Anjali Joseph (Fourth Estate 2010),...

Wil Roach Etiquette - A handshake, hug, kiss or air-kiss? Definitely NO! A smile, wave or wink? Sure! How to meet & greet ... I love the...

So much success in life is down to the degree and quality of emotion you bring to a task or project, and how you harness that emotion. No...

Don't call me crazy unless you're my friend Jasmine Monk For as long as I can remember I’ve been driven to the edge for reasons unknown....

Our latest collection of stories by SSOA writers - titled Short Stories Sydney School of Arts - is now available online - from Amazon &...

Found in Facebook so has to be true. You can find easy and pleasurable-to-read books on Amazon. Just look under: 'short stories sydney...

President George W. Bush's chief speechwriter, Michael Gerson, has a strong message for people who are excusing President Trump's recent...