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The flagship lit mag of Western Australia, since 1956 πŸ“š Westerly 69.2 out now! Get yours at link below ⬇️ All things Westerly: https://linktr.ee/westerlymagazine

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This week's #bookreview was the winner of the Victorian Prize for Literature 2024, 'Chinese Fish' by Grace Yee (@giramondobooks.bsky.social)!

'This is breathtaking sophistication that still manages to keep its feet on the ground and remain accessible.'

Read it here: shorturl.at/Q3N11
#poetryreview

17.07.2025 04:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🀩 Who’s ready for a weekend of amazing Talks and Workshops? 🀩

Whether you’re attending our Academy Day, the Market Day or both! Our team has lined up a fantastic program full of insightful talks and engaging workshops.

🎟️ Click to get your tickets! -> events.humanitix.com/host/perth-c... 🎟️

20.06.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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🀿 Dive into the #WesterlyMag archive with us!

From Westerly 13.2: Young Writers Issue, enjoy β€˜Soldier, Soldier’, a poem written by one of Australia’s finest poets, Gwen Harwood, writing as one of her many alter egos, Timothy Kline. This issue was published in 1968.

Read it here: shorturl.at/Thb7F

10.07.2025 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New #bookreview!

'Monument' by Bonny Cassidy (@giramondobooks.bsky.social) 'is a complex contribution to the project of truth telling about Australia’s colonial past, and a sweeping insight into the histories of our colonial past, understood on a familial scale'.

Read it here: shorturl.at/DqG2U

02.07.2025 04:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Only 2 more sleeps to the launch of Westerly 69.2!
We're so excited to share this wonderful new collection of writing with the world. Please join us for an evening of readings, nibbles & excellent conversation in beautiful Walyalup πŸŽ‰πŸ₯‚
RSVP in-person or attendance via live-stream: shorturl.at/78gZF

29.04.2025 06:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The launch of Westerly 69.2 is in 3 days!
Please come and celebrate with us πŸŽ‰
There are still some spots left for in-person attendance at the Fremantle Library on Thursday 1 May at 6pm!
Can't make it in person? Please join us via live stream.
RSVP here: shorturl.at/78gZF

#AusLit #LitMagLaunch

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Dive into the Westerly archive with us!

We’re excited to share a new work from a past issue every week, beginning today with a collection of three poems by ClΓ©ment Marot, translated by Randolph Stow, from the very first issue of Westerly Magazine published in 1956.

Read it here: shorturl.at/tMvQH

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πŸ“£ Presales for Westerly 69.2 are live! πŸ“£

Featuring new work from writers and artists across WA, Australia and the world, 69.2 showcases a range of contemporary #poetry, #fiction, #nonfiction and, for the first time, #comics, with a piece from WA artist Nina Dakin.

Find it here: bit.ly/692Presale

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✨ Westerly 69.2 cover reveal! ✨

β€˜Untitled #11’ (2023) is by photographer Emma Phillips. It comes from a collaboration in Issue 69.2, 'The River as Bloodline', between Emma, Paul Collis, Jen Crawford, Wayne Knight & Paul Magee.

RSVP for 69.2's launch on 1 May at Fremantle Library: shorturl.at/78gZF

08.04.2025 08:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Have a read of our review of 'The Swift Dark Tide' by Katia Ariel!

Shortlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize, reviewer Fiona Wilkes calls it 'a miracle of poetry, memoir and essay'.

Read it here: shorturl.at/N8CSi

#AusLit #lifewriting #memoir #StellaPrize #bookreview

07.03.2025 04:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Hello Keanu! A poetry anthology' edited by Emily Sun and Sarah Yeung, is this week's #bookreview!

Reviewer Jenny Hedley writes that this anthology is 'an echoing chorus which meditates upon deeper issues of justice and equality, with a measure of hot sex'.

Read it here: shorturl.at/1mzpg
#AusLit

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Jenny, this is amazing!

21.02.2025 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read @bodilyofferings.bsky.social's review of Kate Larsen's fascinating debut poetry collection, 'Public. Open. Space.'!

Ellie writes that this book 'is a conversation as much as it is a poetry collection'.

Read it here: shorturl.at/Oil
#digitalpoetics #poetryreview #bookreview #litmag #auslit

18.02.2025 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Read Lisa Collyer's review of Jerome Masamaka's 'Under The Tattered Roof' (Centre for Stories/Red River Press) on our website!

Lisa writes that the message in this ecopoetry collection is 'clear and eloquently communicated: the climate emergency is the apocalypse. Now'.
Read here: shorturl.at/Jg3sO

18.02.2025 05:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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