In our meetup writing groups we mostly deal with prose - fiction, non-fiction - stories ranging from memoir to fantasy or sci-fi. But...

THIS WEEK'S WRITING PROMPT: Advice in the time of corona – enjoy your dreams while you live in the moment ADVICE IN THE TIME OF CORONA...

CONNECTING YOU NOW I remember those words so clearly - 'Connecting you now' - as the operator tweaked a few knobs in some far land and...

There may very well be something about Mary ... but so far 2020 has proven to be the most curious, frustrating, unimaginable, dangerous,...

Everyone's tense at some level during the current pandemic, because everyone has her or his own version of frustration and hardship. This...

This week I was seeking a little fun. So I set the following writing prompt for SSOA's writers: 'He showed two salient characteristics:...

A painting by Denmark's Peder Severin Krøyer (1893) is this week's writing prompt One cold July day in London, Carol heard the rain...

We recognise that Burnum Burnum's declaration to the English on 26 January 1988 -which we posted on our SSOA blog last week - deserves...

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that the following article contains an image of a deceased person. The...

A true story by Gerdette Rooney I suddenly realised I was possibly lost and there was no point deluding myself any longer. The landscape...

'The mind that is untroubled and tranquil has the power to roam into all the parts of its life; but the minds of the engrossed, just as...

George Santayana (1905) A personal essay response: There is a building in Surry Hills that caught my attention after many years of...

SSOA members' responses to this week's writing prompt ranged from opinion pieces to addressing the proposition obliquely through fiction....

Sydney School of Arts & Humanities is up & running with a new Saturday meetup for writers ... 2PM on ZOOM. 'Writing with Spirit' is what...

I TRIED A 3RD TIME TO POST INDIGENOUS MATERIAL ON FACEBOOK AND WAS BLOCKED. THIS MORNING I TWICE ATTEMPTED TO POST AN ARTICLE ON FACEBOOK...

If we stop testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any. Donald Trump If we stopped reporting job losses, we’d have very little...

Yes, I call them ‘suits’. Whenever I see a good-looking guy wearing a suit, it's like Superman to my girlish imagination. There’s...

This week's writing prompt is intended as a mark of respect and solidarity with the family of George Floyd who was killed by police in...

The American coaching organisation, CoachVille, has published a statement in support of all people of color, as the term is used in the...

London, and specifically Central London, can produce some interesting sights in the fame stakes. One Saturday afternoon I visited a...