WestWords News

Happy birthday, Dorothea Mackellar. Sally Piper reads from Bone Memories (UQP, 2022). Plus news and opportunities.

Happy birthday to Robert Allen Zimmerman. We hear from the three top-placed poets in the 67th Blake Poetry Prize. Plus news from WestWords.

Happy Mothers' Day! In recognition of mothers everywhere, we're recommending two wonderful and moving books about motherhood. Plus all the usual news from WestWords.

It's ANZAC Day, and we discuss Catch-22, one of the great war novels. We hear from Hani Abdile, Somalian-Australian poet. Plus news and opportunities.

Happy birthday to the Anne Statute, and to Anne Lamott, amongst others. We speak with the Auburn Poets & Writers. Various opportunities await.

Happy birthday to Quentin Tarantino. Also announcing an exciting publishing opportunity, and a competition with real actual prizes! Plus we announce the winner of the Blake Poetry Prize.

Audio of Quentin Tarantino appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live is taken from the Jimmy Kimmel Live YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6SEqO7OQVI Recovered 27 March 2022

In this fortnight's podcast, we discuss ways to help the flood-affected communities in our state's north-east, we share some thoughts about our first event in our new premises, Linda Jaivin drops in, and more.

Happy birthday to Anthony Burgess, author of A Clockwork Orange. Poet Ouyang Yu reads and discusses his poem Someone. Plus the latest news from WestWords.

It's the first WestWords Podcast for 2022 -- welcome back! Today we wish a happy birthday to a writer whose books have sold over 300 million copies, and who won an Oscar for screenwriting. We hear Grace Karstens read from her award-winning book People of the River. Plus all the usual news you've come to expect.

Happy birthday, William Blake. A big win at the 2021 WSABE awards for WestWords and our director. The WestWords-Varuna Residency wraps up.