by Anne Skyvington | Nov 23, 2022 | Books & Movies, Writing Topics
A unique love story, the many sides of love, modern music and much more The Movie I loved the film Bohemian Rhapsody. Seated next to my partner just before the pandemic broke out, in the uber comfortable lounges at the Palace Central theater in Sydney, I pressed...
by Anne Skyvington | Feb 11, 2022 | Books & Movies, Craft of Writing
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 believed the veracity of these reviews, being from close contacts. So I submitted the book before the eyes of a reviewer on...
by Anne Skyvington | Nov 24, 2018 | Books & Movies, Writing Topics
A Unique Love Story The Movie I loved the film Bohemian Rhapsody. Seated next to my partner just before the pandemic broke out, in the uber comfortable lounges at the Palace Central theater in Sydney, I pressed buttons to recline my seat, and ordered drinks from the...
by Anne Skyvington | Nov 18, 2017 | Books & Movies, Writing Topics
THE NIB AWARD The Waverley Library Award for Literature, established in 2002, is entitled ‘the Nib’. Organised and financed by Waverley Council, it is managed by Waverley Library, with the support of a committee, and a number of community establishments,...
by Anne Skyvington | Aug 8, 2017 | Books & Movies, Writing Topics
Most people can only claim to have known one truly great love in their life. In the same way, it is likely that you will remember having had no more than one inspirational teacher while at school, and one helpful mentor in your later professional life. And most...
by Anne Skyvington | Sep 15, 2016 | Books & Movies, Writing Topics
In the movie “The Great Beauty”, the 2013 Italian film by Paolo Sorrentino, a tourist, after taking photos in Rome, collapses and dies. The message is clear: See Rome and die! Like the protagonist in the film, my abode while in Rome (in my case, the...
