Happy birthday to someone musos love to hate (but who has outsold almost all of them). Interview excerpt with playwright Brooke Robinson. Opportunities for picture book illustrators. Our fundraising art auction. A new student anthology.

Happy birthday to Charles Azvanour. We announce the winners and highly-commended entries in the WestWords-WestLit Living Stories Writing Prize. Our new WestWords art auction. Jacqueline Harvey is still out guest blogger.

Happy birthday to the author of The Writing Life, Annie Dillard. A reading by debut novelist, Alison Gibbs. The Living Stories Writing Prize closing soon.

Happy birthday, Kingsley Amis (even if we don't necessarily agree with you). We talk to our first Daffodil Cottage Artist-in-residence, Nix Hamilton. The Living Stories Writing Prize is still taking entries. Tim Harris is in the Clubhouse.

Happy birthday to Philip Roth. Plus (drum roll...) we announce a MASSIVE new project right across Western Sydney that is open to everyone (provided they are over 10 years of age, and live in WS).

International Women's Day is approaching. Happy birthday Penn Jillette. Author/illustrator team Jasmine Seymour and Leanne Mulgo Watson. Plus some news, as always.

Happy birthday to Jeff Daniels. We announce a MASSIVE new residential opportunity for artists. Plus other news from WestWords.

We're back! Happy New Year – let's get straight into news (including some that is still only at the hint stage), segues, a reading by Vivian Pham, and the quote of the day (sort of). Intrigued? Then you'd better tune in!

Introducing our very own GWS - Great Western Summer - of reading , watching and listening. James and Michael look back at a massive year, and look forward to a bigger, brighter one in 2021. Interviews with Suzanne Leal and Johanna Bell from the Prime Minister's Literary Awards.

The penultimate podcast for 2020. Happy birthday to Woody Allen. Several WW publications about to land. Tegan Bennett Daylight reads from The Details. Plus Michael shares a rather icky story about life on the road as a touring dancer.