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Blake Poetry Prize
Waterlines to a Kingfisher
Peter Ramm This lyric poem begins grounded by metaphor, ‘the morning river after rain is a mud river’. It then takes flight like the kingfisher...
Parental Guidance
Julie Manning An elegy for lost parents, a narrative on remembered family life, a poem on the disconnection of grief and the grappling with its...
The Blake Poetry Prize 2020 Winners Announcement
Announcing the Blake Poetry Prize 2020 has been awarded to 'On Finding Charlotte in the Anthropological Record' by Judith Nangala Crispin. Judith is...
Draw This
Draw This! NARELDA JOY draws MOONBEAM
Narelda Joy Is a puppet maker and illustrator specialising in highly textural illustrations including collage. She has won many first prizes for her...
Draw This! LIZ ANELLI paints A STORMY SKY
Liz Anelli An illustrator that previously lived and worked in England but now resides in Newcastle, NSW. She has a huge passion for drawing and...
Draw This! MITCH VANE draws TAMARA NOODLE
Mitch Vane has had a long career working as an illustrator and artist. She is interested in all forms of visual story-telling using a variety of...
Living Stories Videos
Hemmingway’s Polydactyl Kitten Club
Hemingway’s Polydactyl Kitten Club & Speakeasy, June 2020
Guest: Fiona Wright Kitten Club is a monthly spoken word, poetry and discussion group run by WestWords. Ordinarily held at the Avalon Cocktail Bar...
Hemingway’s Polydactyl Kitten Club & Speakeasy, May 2020
Kitten Club is a monthly spoken word, poetry and discussion group run by WestWords. Ordinarily held at the Avalon Cocktail Bar in Katoomba, NSW, it...
Mini Masterclasesses
NON-FICTION
James Knight Has been working in various forms of the media for 30 years. His roles have included: television reporter and sports commentator,...
CHARACTERS FROM EXPERIENCE
Rawah Arja Is a member of the Western Sydney women writers’ collective Finishing School. Her writing has featured in Arab, Australian, Other...
PLOTTING AND PLANNING
Tim Harris Is the bestselling author of several books for children, including Exploding Endings, Toffle Towers, and the Mr Bambuckle's Remarkables...
Poet’s Corner
Diane Fahey
Poets' Corner is WestWords' monthly encounter with celebrated Australian poets, curated by David Ades. Each month a poet is invited to read and talk...
Scott Patrick-Mitchell
Poets' Corner is WestWords' monthly encounter with celebrated Australian poets, curated by David Ades. Each month a poet is invited to read and talk...
Rae White
Poets' Corner is WestWords' monthly encounter with celebrated Australian poets, curated by David Ades. Each month a poet is invited to read and talk...
The Readings
The Burnished Sun
Author: Miranda Riwoe A collection of superbly crafted stories that explore the inner lives of those who are often ignored or misunderstood. We...
All That’s Left Unsaid
Tracey Lien A deeply moving and unflinching debut following a young Vietnamese-Australian woman who returns home to her family in the wake of her...
How to be Between
Author: Bastian Fox Phelan How to Be Between is a memoir about female facial hair, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and negotiating identity for those...
West Side Poetry Slam
Alasdair Carter ~ Wednesday 27 April
A sampler of April's West Side Poetry Slam, presented as a hybrid event at WestWords and via Zoom. Featuring Alasdair Carter. Presented by WestWords...
Elena Garcia Araujo ~ Thursday 09 December
A sampler of November's West Side Poetry Slam, organised live via Zoom! Featuring Elena Garcia Araujo. Presented by WestWords and West Side Poetry...
Kathy Parker ~ Thursday 04 November
A sampler of October's West Side Poetry Slam, organised live via Zoom! Featuring Kathy Parker. Presented by WestWords and West Side Poetry Slam...
Writing Western Sydney: The Interviews
WestWords Books
WestWords Books is WestWords' adult trade imprint. Our catalogue of fiction, narrative non-fiction, and poetry, strives to showcase...
The WestWords Prize
The WestWords Prize is a new publishing Prize in 2024 that welcomed submissions from writers of fiction and narrative non-fiction who had a...
The next step on your poetic journey: with Jennifer Compton
No matter where you are on your poetic journey there is always the next step.