by Anne Skyvington | Jun 17, 2014 | Books & Movies, Writing Topics
HOW TO WRITE A BOOK REVIEW: At a Bondi Writers Group meeting, we discussed the question of how to write a book review. One of our long-term members had just published her book of poems: Barking at Shadows, and she had brought along copies of a review written by one of...
by Anne Skyvington | Jul 3, 2013 | Travel, Writing Topics
We caught a plane to Dublin from London. Here we had our toughest passage through Customs yet. Admittedly Heathrow is difficult; it’s being renovated and we had to catch several buses to reach our terminal. Also, the Customs woman seemed to think I was on a...
by Anne Skyvington | Oct 20, 2012 | Writing Topics
Many well-known writers and artists down through the ages have suffered from melancholy or melancholia. This sort of ongoing negative feeling that artistic people often suffer from is different from everyday sadness or occasional bouts of depression that many of us...
by Anne Skyvington | Sep 27, 2012 | Travel, Writing Topics
1. The lion statue that features in the central courtyard of the Museum once sat at the top of a building and weighs 7 tons. It had a much fiercer look back then, with shining jewelled eyes and a fuller jaw. Its softer look appealed to me and reminded me of the lion...
by Anne Skyvington | Sep 27, 2012 | Travel, Writing Topics
We sped in a First Great Western train towards Oxford via Slough and Reading, passing through picturesque countryside, woolly green hills dotted with slate-roofed red brick houses; no water restrictions here; verdant pastures and flat crops under a vaulted...
