Ave Maria was one of my mother's favourite songs. Although she'd been brought up in a Catholic school and had an Irish Catholic father, she was not religious. However, she [...]

It's that time of the year again when people start talking about the best books read during the year. I recently attended the 2012 "Nib Prize" awarded by the Waverley [...]

Tonight: Despite our best-laid plans, our travel was initially upset by the Qantas engineers’ “requirements” (strike).  We were bused to the Ibis Hotel in Darling Harbour in Sydney to spend [...]

Cynthia Rowe was a long-term member of Bondi Writers Group. She was President of the group for nearly four years and is currently the Editor of ‘Haiku Australia’. Cynthia is [...]