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Lisa Forrest—The Mystery and Magic of Storytelling
Lisa Forrest was once most famous for being an Olympic swimmer, and Captain of the Olympic swim team at just 16 years of age. These days, she’s known to thousands of young readers as the author of...
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In Town and City with James Roy
James Roy has been one of the Western Sydney authors we’ve worked with from the early days of WestWords. He also happens to be one of Australia’s best writers for children and young adults. Enjoy this...
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From Spider King to Sword Girl
Welcome to the WestWords guest author posts, and to author Frances Watts! Frances has been involved in several WestWords projects, and we’re delighted to host this fascinating post about the...
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Inspiration and the Unknown Reader: Black Spring by Alison Croggon
In this post, guest author Alison Croggon describes the inspiration behind her novel for young adults, Black Spring, and ponders how—or whether—an author always knows who their audience is, and...
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CAL WestWords Western Sydney Emerging Writers’ Fellowships
WestWords is proud to announce the winners of the CAL Writers’ Fellowships: Our congratulations to Maryam Azam, Peter Polites and Sheila Pham. The CAL WestWords Western Sydney Emerging Writers’...
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A free monthly event of readings, discussion and open mic showcasing Western Sydney writers. Join us for a drink, a chat, a listen and bring your own material for the open mic. Sacred Stories —...
View ArticleWest Side Stories Ends on a High
West Side Stories finishes up at Narellan Library West Side Stories concluded its 2nd event this weekend at Narellan Library after launching the week before at The Joan Sutherland Performing Arts...
View ArticleMulti-awarding winning steampunk author all set for writing residency at...
Crestwood High students in years 9 & 10 are set for a real shake up when steampunk author, Richard Harland, joins them for a 6 week in-school writers program starting on Friday 12 February. Harland...
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