Books

Robert's books include adult and children's fiction.

• Diomodies The Fixer Of Puzzles [1987]
Called in to solve a puzzle that might avert war, Dimodies is drawn into a quest to kill Adeil Hitchler, the universe's most evil criminal, before heading home for tea.
• The Boy With Startled Blue Eyes [1989] fiction
When a young Brit arrives in Sydney on a working visa, he finds adventure, but no answers.
• God Help The Queen [1997] fiction
Eight different people with one purpose: to kill the British monarch.


• The Stories Of Greedy Bear [2007] children's fiction
A year in the life of the dopiest, greediest and most selfish bear on Cherry Tree Lane.


 

 
 

 

"That's why they call me Greedy Bear... because I'm greedy!"

Greedy Bear - asks awkward questions, eats too much and ponders life with his best friend, Percy Penguin, who knows everything. Follow them over one year, as they deal with sports day, marbles, girls and the dreaded school bully.
Illustrated by Aaron Pocock.

The Stories Of Greedy Bear - children's humour. - Download [1.69M]

Plays

The Interview - 50's Edition - 1 Act, 3 Parts, Comedy - 10 mins - Script [104KB]


• Whale Song - 2 Parts, 5 mins - Script [97KB]
• Only Acting - 1 Act, 3 Parts, Comedy - 10 mins - Script [104KB]
• Mrs. Whitstable's Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies - Children's Radio Play - 20 mins - Script [272KB] | Listen
• Quintessence - 1 Act, 3 Parts, Comedy - 10 mins - Script [87.4KB]
• The Interview - 1 Act, 3 Parts, Comedy - 10 mins - Script [104KB]

Whale Song was written and performed, Live on ABC Radio, as part of Sydney 702's Playwright in Residence week. Robert wrote also wrote the music for the piece - Listen. Starred actress Emelia Thomas. Only Acting was performed at Crash Test Drama, Sydney. The Interview was played at the Fast n Furious, Narrabeen and then at the Short and Sweet, Sydney. Mrs. Whitstalbe's Chocolate Chip Cookies adapted for Radio from The Stories of Greedy Bear, was performed by Radio Players and broadcast on Radio Northern Beaches. Produced by Stephen Lindsay.

Poems, Articles and Magazines

• Steppin Out Magazine [1987]
• The Age of the New Optimism [1987]
• The World - Go See It! [1987]
• My Name is God [1988]
• Vitriol & Pus [1988] - poetry




• FM Magazine [1994] - monthly Fanzine for Ealing Pubs.
• Hobgossip Magazine -[1996] -Pub Industry Magazine
• Tap Scraps -[1996] -Tabloid Industry Newspaper







Blog - Articles

The danger with the John Lennon vision of one world, one people, one government, is that the seat of power becomes the target for every criminal, meglamanic, self interested group, that ends up uncontrollable. Look at America now. She is uncontrollable. At least with a smaller power, like Gaddafi, [I make no comment on the validity of the action] it is possible to oust him from power. One World Government could lead to a global dictatorship? Which would require civil war on a global scale to tame. Man holds many different opinions. That should be respected. Different opinions require different governance. When one government believes it has the monopoly on truth, we are into dictatorship.

[Sept 21st 2011]

The problem with society is that to be apart of it, is to hold office within it. This insists that you represent a position, which has an agenda. The only way to be truly free to judge, comment or direct society is first, to be out of it. The genuine Artist seldom holds office, or has titles, and should certainly have no commercial interest. Only then can they see beyond the message. A true Artist, with the right heart, can see life as it is, not through the fog of what we purport it to be. The journey ahead is long and testing. We might start by liberating social media, such as Linkedin - which insists on categorizing people, under titles and banners. I wanted to be titled a free-thinker. But the categories, didn't allow it. Therein lies a microcosm of the inflexibilty this world has constructed.

[Sept 21st 2011]