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Anne Skyvington is a writer based in Sydney who has been practising and teaching creative writing skills for many years. You can learn here about structuring a short story and how to go about creating a longer work, such as a novel or a memoir. Subscribe to this blog and receive a monthly newsletter on creative writing topics and events.
Karrana
It’s the aftermath of the Second World War in the lush valley of Karrana, a fictional town on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia. This novel fits into the broad genre of Women’s Fiction, since it explores themes to do with love and family. It examines these issues through the prism of the postwar years in country Australia and in Sydney, but the themes are still relevant in society today. It’s about love, passion and the search for real fulfilment within a relationship. At a victory dance, Bridie meets and falls in love with Will from the other side of the river.
My Blog
An Amazing Story About Stuttering
Did you know that Australia is a world leader in Stuttering research and treatments? See: The Australian Stuttering Research Centre. But first, let…
From the Archives: Australian Story
I first saw the following video on a Facebook group that I belong to: Armidale Teachers College: The Class of 1961-1962 This was the year, 1963,…
Have You Ever Experienced The “Numen”?
The reason people choose atheism rather than belief or agnosticism, may simply be that professed atheists have not experienced, at least in this…
I visit the Ukraine in 1968
My Travel Journal Continues: “From Paris to Russia and Back” Because of the events in Ukraine today, I have re-published this post with…
In Search of a Voice
My writing started out as therapy for a polarised — to be explained later on — childhood. My own background had been stamped indelibly by my not…
Armidale: The Gang of Four
This is a guest post by Gordon Forth, a fellow student at Armidale Teachers College, who started there in 1962, a year after me. Gordon writes:…
KARRANA: A Professional Review
From Amazon’s Online Book Club I’d received lots of reviews from family and friends of my debut novel, Karrana. But I never quite…
A Famous Couple
Carl and Emma: A Love Story Dearest, I was telling our grandson, Andreas, just the other day, how he possesses the feeling function more strongly…
A First Day in Paris
This is a short story expressing contrasts between two cultures and the beauty and awe associated with the new one.
The Golden Ratio and How it Works in Nature
Just look around you…on the ground and in trees, in the sky… The Fibonacci Sequence is everywhere! In Plants In Pine cones the spiral…
The Republican Movement is Back
I’m reposting this Conversation article by Denis Altman, to mark my backing of the new model being set up by the ARM. The republic debate is…
So You Want to Write A Picture Book? Get inspired by Nicholas Reece!
Worth a thousand words: the top ten best Australian children’s picture books Reading from an early age can instill healthy habits for a lifetime….