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About the author
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
How To Find A Voice For Your Novel
The Voice that Comes to You…or Not Mystery is part of the writing process, and for some writers there are those thrilling moments when a voice...
Pandemic States of Australia:
A Hermit State Forever More? The normally united states of Australia, have entered a chequered phase of mistrust and anger. Victoria hates New South...
What we’re reading Down Under:
On the beach… I live at Coogee, close to the beach in a unit with my husband of 45 years. Coogee Beach is located on Sydney’s famous Coastal...
Memories of a Country Education
by Ian Harry Wells (Wellsy) Armidale is a city of learning, being home to the first NSW Teachers’ College established outside of...
Things Come in Threes by Ian Wells
What would you do, if you lost your long-term partner? How would you cope with the grief? My Armidale Teachers College classmate, Ian, writes about...
Coping With Covid
Covid isolation and protesters as seen through the (younger) eyes and voices of 2 women I am proud to call relatives:...
The Pandemic Down Under
Coronavirus (COVID-19) SARS-CoV-2, The Australian Government is managing the COVID–19 outbreak in Australia as a health emergency. A glossary...
Storybox
What is Storybox? “STORYBOX is a clean energy digital cube, designed for inclusive media and storytelling in public spaces. Partnering with...
Write about what you know … 3 authors who recently did just that!
Three colleagues who assisted me in getting my writing off the ground, have just published new works: Dina Davis with A Dangerous Daughter (Cilento...
Revisiting Persephone in the Underworld
My Links to the Myth I have for a long while been drawn to the archetype of Persephone, who must descend into the underworld for half the year. My...
Swimming Pools and Happenings in Coogee
The Mardi Gras festival for the Gay and Lesbian community (LGBTQ) occurred as usual in March, within stricter guidelines than in the past, because...
The Night of the Barricades
I open my eyes onto a strange world into which I’ve stumbled as if by chance. All is new and filled with an alien radiance, muted colours,...