Launch of Westerly 68.2

Westerly, one of Australia’s leading literary journals, is published by The Westerly Centre and is based at The University of Western Australia.Since its inception in 1956, Westerly has published fiction, poetry and essays with a special emphasis on Australia, particularly WA, and the Asian region.It has been instrumental in the careers of many national and internationally renowned writers including major WA writers such as Randolph Stow, Dorothy Hewett, T.A.G. Hungerford and Elizabeth Jolley; highly-awarded contemporary writers, including Tim Winton, Kim Scott, and Sally Morgan; and important local poets like John Kinsella, Tracy Ryan, John Mateer, and Lucy Dougan.

Westerly Magazine

You are invited to join us in celebrating the launch of Westerly 68.2!

Fox Lecture Theatre (followed by The Shakespeare Garden - behind the New Fortune Theatre)

Westerly is proud to announce the launch of its latest print issue, 68.2!The issue is marked by reverberations, as relationships, as echoes and as impacts. These reverberations pulse from each individual piece in the issue, and then extend through the relationships the works have with each other. Now, with its launch, Westerly hopes that these reverberations will expand outwards even further, to our readers!Contributors to Westerly 68.2 include Lucy Zhang, Caitlin Maling, Maria van Neerven, Anders Villani, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Lisa Collyer, Tineke Van der Eecken, Caroline Hagood, Declan Fry, Shey Marque, Kate Larsen, Leila Wright, Giles Watson and many others. The issue also includes pieces from our Writers' Development Program by Aditi Arun, Ana Brawls and Kirwan Henry, and from our Mid-Career Fellows Brooke Dunnell and Miriam Wei Wei Lo.Westerly 68.2 will be launched on Tuesday, 5 December 2023 at 6:00pm, for a 6:15pm start, in the Fox Lecture theatre at The University of Western Australia. This will be followed by a reception in the nearby Shakespeare Garden.The launch will also be live-streamed for those unable to join us in person! If you wish to join us online, please register for online attendance, and details of the stream will be sent to your email.Issue 68.2 will be available for purchase on the night, and copies will also be available onWesterly's website.On the night, we will also be celebrating the launch of our latest Online Special Issue (OSI14): djinda!This beautiful issue, guided by Guest Editor Elfie Shiosaki, presents a reflective collaboration between five First Nations and non-Indigenous poets: Charmaine Papertalk Green, Nadia Rhook, Shey Marque, Kaya Ortiz and Riley Faulds.They come together in this Special Issue to write their relations to Country and to one another in an instance of respectful listening and dialogue approached with thoughtfulness and care. Their poetry 'sounds our collective hope for connection with the stars as a storied skyscape of Country'.And, finally, we will celebrate our relationship with Griffith Review!We are delighted to be joined by Fremantle-based author and critic Richard King, who will be reading from his essay ‘The Defence: chess v. artificial intelligence’, published in Griffith Review Edition 81.Our publications share a common aim: to provide a voice for emerging and established writers and artists to share their ideas. We have invited our friends at Griffith Review to join us at the launch as a gesture towards the common ground between our communities! We celebrate our connections and encourage our readers to explore what Griffith Review have to share. Westerly 68.2 cover image: Candy Riley, Kambarang (Springtime) (detail shot), 2023. Acrylic on canvas. Image provided by Fremantle Arts Centre. © Candy Riley, 2023. Reproduced with permission of the artist.Westerly 68.2 has been produced with the support of Creative Australia, the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, The University of Western Australia and the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. We are, as always, extremely grateful for this support.

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