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Submissions are now open for Northern Territory writers to contribute to Australia’s newest literary journal. Submissions will also be considered …
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This week marks the passing of Australia’s best known poet: Les Murray. To celebrate the life of such an important …
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Cristina, James. Antidote to a Curse. Yarraville: Transit Lounge, 2018. $29.99. 256pp. ISBN: 978-0-925760-03-3 Rachel Watts Dreamy fumes made me feel …
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Hawke, Steve. The Valley. Fremantle: Fremantle Press, 2018. RRP $27.99. 256pp. ISBN: 9781925591187 Patricia Johnson You have to stick with The …
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Murray, Ruby J.. The Biographer’s Lover. Carlton: Black Inc., 2018. RRP $29.99. 288pp. ISBN: 9781863959421 Jen Bowden Stories. Whether telling our …
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Frew, Peggy. Islands. Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2019. RRP $29.99. 320pp. ISBN: 9781760528744. Rachel Watts You were a girl, thin …
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Ryan, Tracy. We Are Not Most People. Yarraville: Transit Lounge, 2018. RRP $29.99. 256pp. ISBN: 9781925760040. Brooke Dunnell The title of Tracy Ryan’s fifth …
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Polain, Marcella. Driving into the Sun. Fremantle: Fremantle Press, 2019. RRP $29.99. 312pp. ISBN: 9781925591996. H.C. Gildfind Marcella Polain’s Driving into …
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Malouf, David. An Open Book. St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 2018. RRP $29.95. 104pp. ISBN: 9780702260308. Shevaun Cooley ‘Parting is …
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The Westerly team were very lucky to sit down with Anne Poelina to hear a reading of her poem forthcoming …
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Westerly looks forward to Perth Festival Writers Week; we feel privileged to hear from many wonderful writers. 2019 was very …
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Westerly Magazine and WritingWA are this morning pleased to host a free information session presented by the Australia Council for the …
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McCredden, Lyn. Wanting Only. Port Adelaide: Ginninderra Press, 2018. RRP $20.00. 62pp. ISBN: 9781740615181. Lyn McCredden is perhaps best known as …
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Jan Napier, In The Hollow of the Land editor, shares her thoughts on Phillips’s poetry and the experience of working on the collection. Glen Phillips …
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Stories of Perth. Sydney: Seizure, 2018. RRP $19.99, 304 pp, ISBN: 9781925589252 Susan Midalia This anthology of twelve stories builds on the …
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Meghan McLean ‘A Book Lover’s Comedy Show’ was originally a concept solo performance by comedian and actor George Dimarelos. Dimarelos …
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Jordan, Deborah (ed). Loving Words: Love Letters of Nettie and Vance Palmer 1909-1914. Blackheath, NSW: Brandl & Schlesinger, 2018. RRP:$39.95, …
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In the days leading up to January 26, 2019, The National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples put out a press …
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Patrić, A.S. The Butcherbird Stories. Sydney: Transit Lounge, 2018. RRP $29.99. 256pp. ISBN: 9781925760101 Jen Bowden The familiar idiom, ‘the …
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Chris Arnold The Djuki Mala dance troupe (also known as the Chooky dancers) was born in 2007 when Frank Djirrimbilpilwuy uploaded …
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Genoni, Paul; Dalziell, Tanya. Half the Perfect World: Writers, Dreamers and Drifters on Hydra, 1955-1964. Clayton, Vic: Monash University Publishing, …
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Before we say hello to 2019, we’d like to celebrate our achievements in 2018. None of these would have been …
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Eades, Quinn and Vivienne, Son, editors. Going Postal: More than ‘Yes’ Or ‘No’. Melbourne: Brow Books, 2018. RRP: $32.99, 312 pp, …
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On the 1st of November, in what is becoming an annual tradition, Westerly welcomed the participants in our Writers’ Development Program 2018 …
