A meditation swirls around my mind, or my mind circles a meditation - I'm not entirely sure which. What I do know is that if I find a...

‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.’...

Who needs grammar? Grammar is boring to learn but adds vitality and clarity to writing.

Quality decorative art is that which makes its viewers believe there is meaning beyond its decorative nature. It must tell a story that...

This week's writing prompt for Sydney School of Arts' members provoked stories from real life and also fictional pieces. Let's begin with...

No, not cops and robbers, a crime thriller, nor a gangster revenge story. This tale by Rosana Wayand is a sensitive New Age action story...

Water water everywhere – so much rain already and so much more to come. The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast that our current...

Around 600 Ukrainian refugees have made their way to NSW so far, most of them women and children. They've been welcomed with an...

It's claimed that in war, truth is the first casualty. In a plot twist of disappointing proportions, this is a massive propagandist lie....

Writings of the week, or is it the month ...? A pretty picture ... Australia's east coast summer rain, at first a relief, then bearable....

This week's blog returns to serious literary matters with a fictional piece by Robert Carrick based on part of a letter which Charlotte...

With life slowly 'getting back to normal' - despite entrenched rainy weather, the fiasco of a government organising a total rail...

I find myself at a crossroads. Doesn’t every road bend every which way, with a decision to be made? And what if I can’t decide, at the...

How many words do I write in 8 minutes? A very short story by Robert Carrick Just write for 8 mins and spend 2 mins reviewing & making...

I sat at a small wooden table in the window of the cafe in Redfern and looked outside at the drizzling rain. Pedestrians with shoulders...

A note of admiration for Grace Tame from SSOA's weekly emerging writer's group: Grace, you could have simpered sweetly to the Prime...

A piece of flash fiction by Robert Carrick Jia lives with her grandfather in a village at the foothills of Songshan Mountain in China....

In light of the effects of the recent undersea volcano eruption in Tonga, with changes to winds, tides and weather generally - ranging...

Children don't baulk at the big questions in life ... What is death? Why are we here? What is nature? Who's in charge of the world?...

Let's start the year with a little tragi-comedy from David Benn ... The Poem A cold overcast morning had become a sodden grey Sunday...