School Holiday Workshops
Check out all the different WestWords holiday workshops across Parramatta, Blacktown and the Blue Mountains.
2019 Mayoral Creative Writing Prize
Welcome to the Mayoral Creative Writing Prize 2019. It is open to adults and children (aged 8 to 17 years) who live in Blacktown city. The poems and short stories must be works of fiction.
Sunday Afternoon Creative Writing
Join award-winning writer Sarah Ayoub for three Sunday afternoons of creative writing!
Poets’ Corner
June’s Poets’ Corner guest is Eunice Andrada! She will be reading and talking to the theme of Reclaiming the Body.
At the Centre: The Parramatta Program
WestWords 2019 April, May and June tri-monthly period Program. Events for writers of all ages and stages! Have a look today!
Blacktown Program
All that WestWords is up to in Blacktown…
Blue Mountains Program
WestWords in the Blue Mountains. Check out all the events and opportunities in your area now!
After School Creative Writing
With creative writing classes, your child will learn how to nurture their ideas and gain the skills to turn them into great stories.
Making Picture Books (Part 2)
A free 5 week workshop working towards a first draft of a completed picture book.
WestWords-Pinerolo Illustrators Residency
Thank you to all who applied. Watch this space to find out who the recipient is!
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SOLD OUT! Songwriting Workshops
Australian music legend and acclaimed guitarist Eliot Reynolds is teaming up with WestWords to present a series of three songwriting workshops in Katoomba.
Intro to Digital Publishing: in conversation with Adina West
Is digital publishing the future? Join us and Adina West, worldwide digitally published author, for a chat about the digital publishing world.
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Writing Groups
What writers’ groups can you join at WestWords? Check out the various writers’ groups on offer at WestWords Parramatta, Blacktown, Campbelltown and the Mountains.
Events
What events are on at WestWords? Checkout the various events on offer at WestWords Parramatta, Blacktown, Campbelltown and the Mountains.
Workshops
What workshops are on at WestWords? Checkout the various worlshops on offer at WestWords Parramatta, Blacktown, Campbelltown and the Mountains.
Residencies, Fellowships and Competitions
What residencies, fellowships and competitions are open at WestWords? Check out what you can apply for now!
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Youth Write
Youth Write winners announced!
Beast. Belly. Beast.
View the published book Raw, bold, and Experimental. Dramatic and Darkly Humorous. Peter Maple’s BEAST.BELLY.BEAST delves inside the minds of two ex-servicemen suffering the repercussions of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Examining the effects of War on (Australia’s) returned servicemen, specifically the flow on effect of inter-generational trauma, BEAST.BELLY.BEAST presents the often fracturing and destructive […]
Postcard stories
Postcard Stories of Affordable Housing In 2018 WestWords was approached by CAPAH: Citizens Action Penrith Affordable Housing to work with them so that they can write their stories. These people are experiencing difficulty being able to put a roof over their and their families heads. They are resilient and hard working – and their stories […]
Alive 90.5 FM
WestWords will be on Alive FM 6pm-8pm,
Wednesdays fortnightly with Aparna Vats.
Shout out to the Girls
Shout out to the Girls In partnership with Sydney Writers Festival and the Festival of Moving Stories, WestWords has been touring the beautiful Shout out to the Girls exhibition since November 2018. Inspired by the children’s book Shout Out to The Girls: A Celebration of Awesome Australian Women. Showcasing some of the beautiful artworks featured within the book, each […]
The Western Sydney Emerging Writers Fellows
WestWords is happy to announce the Western Sydney Emerging Writer Fellows are Annie Zhang, Fiona Murphy and Zoe Ghani!
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WestWords Publications
WestWords, as an integral part of our in-school and community residency programs, has published anthologies of work that have been created during their time working with writers.
Western Sydney Writers’ Rooms: Become a Member
Sign up to become a member of one of three new WestWords Writers’ Rooms in Campbelltown (Wedderburn), Katoomba and Parramatta.
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