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The AAWP/Westerly Life Writing Prize 2022

In 2022, the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP) and Westerly Magazine came together to offer a joint prize for …
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Mid-Career and Emerging – Westerly’s Definitions

Two great opportunities for WA writers! Which is right for you? Westerly has always aimed to support both emerging and …
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Favourite Sessions at Literature & Ideas

Focused on the themes ‘LAND. MONEY. POWER. SEX.’, Perth Festival’s 2020 Literature & Ideas was alive with sessions that provoked, …
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Our Reviews of Perth Festival Writers Week 2019

Westerly looks forward to Perth Festival Writers Week; we feel privileged to hear from many wonderful writers. 2019 was very …
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A Podcast from the Westerly Flux Launch: Publishing Panel

Last Thursday, November 23rd 2017, saw the launch of Westerly’s new special online issue: Flux. Our attendees were treated to …
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The Launch of Issue 61.2, and #writingmatters

This year has been an incredibly exciting one for Westerly, filled with new beginnings and new opportunities, and culminating now in the release …
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Issue 61.1 Launch!

You are invited to join us for the launch of Westerly 61.1! 17th August 2016 at the Orient Hotel, Fremantle. …
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Words & Thoughts at the University of Western Australia

Words & Thoughts began as a post-graduate creative writing seminar series at UWA in March 2008 within the Faculty of …
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Westerly’s Professional Development Seminar

We hope that all who attended found our Professional Development seminar constructive – we certainly had a great time organising …
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Launching Westerly’s ‘Word Matters’

There has been a huge amount of discussion over the last year about funding the arts. Some of the cuts …
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Ian Reid – The Battye Memorial Lecture, 2015

History’s Grist and Fiction’s Mill: Researching and Amplifying Stories of Western Australia Ian Reid James Sykes Battye Memorial Fellow Lecture …
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Special Issue – Westerly: New Creative

In 2016, Westerly Magazine will be introducing a new series of online publications, special issues with specific focuses aiming to …
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Launch Address: Jan Napier’s ‘Thylacine’

Jan Napier. Thylacine. (Australia: Regime Books, 2015). Launch Address, 12 September 2015—Kevin Gilliam The thylacine—a sleek, elusive and mostly …
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Westerly Professional Development Seminar

Westerly will be running a professional development seminar for teachers of English on Wednesday October 21st, from 5-7.30pm. The seminar …
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Launch Speech: Susan Midalia’s ‘Feet to the Stars’

Susan Midalia, Laurence Wilson Art Gallery, 12th August 2015. It’s the convention at a book launch for the author to …
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Nicholas Hasluck’s Launch of the Perth Poetry Festival

Friends and fellow poets. Let me begin by saluting the organisers of the Poetry Festival. It is a pleasure to …
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