WestWords in Parramatta, New South Wales | Community organisation

WestWords

Locality: Parramatta, New South Wales

Phone: +611800 9378 967 37

Address: 91B Grose Street 2151 Parramatta, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.westwords.com.au

Likes: 1562

Add/Update information

Reviews

Tags

• Non-profit organisation
• Community organisation
• Literary arts

25.01.2022 Writing Western Sydney: The Readings is a weekly series of videos available on the WestWords YouTube channel. 1967, This Is It! Written by Lowell Tarling... You may finish school with no plans, no money, and no direction. But if all you want is to play guitar with your teeth, smash a Rickenbacker or grow your hair long - then being in a high school band could be the last thing you need... It is 1967. Tom is 18, and ready... Semi-autobiographical in nature, '1967, This Is It!' embraces the journey of Thomas Truscott - wannabee rock god and all round misfit as he careens from disaster to discovery in his last year of school, battling the establishment, prefects, the Vietnam war and most of all, himself. This novel combines the cunning wit of Lowell Tarling with the atmospheric pop art of the iconic Martin Sharp. About the author Lowell Tarling is a Katoomba-based writer, poet and artist, and the author of over one hundred books, many of which are co-authored, or ghost-written. Others are biographies of such characters as Michael Chamberlain, Martin Sharp and Tiny Tim, as well as stories of iconic brands such as Drizabone and the Beechworth Bakery. He is also the author of several novels, including '1967,This Is It!', recently been re-released by ETT Imprint. www.lowelltarling.com.au 1967, This Is It! Author Lowell Tarling First published by ETT Imprint, 2013 Intrigued to read the rest of the book? You can purchase it here: https://www.booktopia.com.au/1967-this//9781922384690.html This project is supported by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. ______ ABOUT WESTWORDS WestWords is a literature organisation whose mission is to provide support and resources for the writers, poets, artists, storytellers and creators of Western Sydney, in the form of events, workshops, residencies, school visits, fellowships, groups, consultations and mentorships. For more information, visit our website at https://www.westwords.com.au/ WestWords is proudly supported by: * CREATE NSW Arts, Screen & Culture * COPYRIGHT AGENCY Cultural Fund * The City of Parramatta * Blacktown City Council * Campbelltown City Council

23.01.2022 Award winning author and WestWords Producer, James Roy encourages you to join Booktober. As James says we're all about the story, and we want you to be part of our story by immersing yourself in some great books this month. Sign up as a bookworm, or make your own donation via https://www.booktober.org.au/ There's also some great suggested reading lists and all purchases through our site, will provide a donation back to WestWords thanks to our friends at @Booktopia #Bookworm #Booktober #TurningThePageOnDisadvantage

23.01.2022 The results are in...The shortlist for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards has been announced. Our Producer James Roy was selected as one of the judges as part of the Children and Young Adult Literature panel. Congratulations to all the short-listed authors, illustrators and publishers.

22.01.2022 THIS OPPORTUNITY MIGHT BE FOR YOU... WestWords/Whitlam Institute Writer in Residence at the Female Orphan School Applications are now open for a writer-in-residence at the Female Orphan School in Parramatta to research, develop, and write about the history of the building and the stories of the girls who arrivedin the Female Orphan School in the early days of the colony. The Female Orphan School, the oldest three storey building in Australia, is one of the earliest examples o...f social policy in Australia, when the Governor of the time, Governor King, and the Reverend Samuel Marsden decided there should be a school for girls in the Colony where they would be ‘protected, and could learn to read and write and to gain employable skills’. But sadly, wedon’t know enough about the personal stories of the girls and women who lived there. The writer-in-residence will research, develop, write about and expose the history of the building and its inhabitants. This opportunity is specifically for a creative non-fiction or fiction writer or poet who will research and develop the stories of the inhabitants of the School for a contemporary audience.The writer will receive $4,000 (ex GST) For more information and a breakdown of what needs to be within the application please visit https://www.westwords.com.au//female-orphan-school-writer/

22.01.2022 It's about the time that motivated parents start looking for activities for Term 1 2021. Enrolments are now open for WestWords After School Creative Writing Classes. Starting 1st February, classes are on Monday and Wednesday afternoons. Classes are for students from Grades 4-12 and are taught by working professional Creative Writers. For more information or to enrol visit https://www.westwords.com.au//after-school-creative-writi/... Note: We are a Creative Kids provider

22.01.2022 IMAGINE a world where your stories aren’t told. No books. No films. No songs. Nothing about you, your family, or your culture. WestWords gives Western Sydney a voice, a space to be heard and celebrated. WestWords’ approach is directly targeted to build the cultural economy of Western Sydney by providing pathways of literary opportunity via workshops, masterclasses, writers groups and residencies to emerging young artists. ... Today is the official start of Booktober where your donations can help disadvantaged youth in Western Sydney capture the magic of literacy. Help us turn the page on disadvantage this Booktober. Start reading and donate now. https://www.booktober.org.au/ #Booktober #WestWords #TurningThePageOnDisadvantage #Bookworm

21.01.2022 WestWords' wonderful friend Jane Caro is getting very excited for Booktober! Have you signed up as a bookworm and sorted out your reading list yet? There's still time to jump over to www.booktober.org.au and read lots and lots and lots of books all while helping put books into the hands of kids that may never have had them. #Booktober #Bookworm #TurningThePageOnDisadvantage Thanks Booktopia for your support too!

17.01.2022 "Sleep is good but books are better." Help us turn the page on disadvantage. What are you reading this Booktober? Sign up as a bookworm and fundraise to help disadvantaged kids within the Greater Western Sydney region. Start reading and donate now: https://www.booktober.org.au/ . #Booktober #WestWords #TurningThePageOnDisadvantage #bookworm

17.01.2022 After a strenuous selection process, we are thrilled to announce the four 2020 WestWords- @VarunaWritersHouse fellows: Nicole W Lee, Nicole Cadalina, Samara Lo and Libby Heyett. Read about them and what they'll be working on during their residency:

15.01.2022 Our fabulous ambassador Bryan Brown suggests you become a bookworm for the month of October! Turn the page on disadvantage. Start reading this Booktober sign up as a bookworm and fundraise to help disadvantaged kids within the Greater Western Sydney region. Get reading and donate now. ... #Booktober #WestWords #TurningThePageOnDisadvantage #Bookworm Booktopia Create NSW

14.01.2022 A sampler of October's West Side Poetry Slam, organised live via Zoom! Featuring Skylar J. Wynter Skylar J Wynter & Michael Collins. Michael Gerard Collins Presented by WestWords and West Side Poetry Slam every third Wednesday, West Side Poetry Slam is a monthly open mic night where you can sign up on the night and perform/read an original piece of writing to open minds, hearts, and arms. Random audience members score just for the fun of it and you could win a support feat...ure slot at the next slam. Other performance art forms are also welcome. Anything can be poetry. Please note that the following slam poetry presentation contains mature themes intended for an adult audience. Parental guidance is advised. ABOUT WESTWORDS WestWords is a literature organisation whose mission is to provide support and resources for the writers, poets, artists, storytellers and creators of Western Sydney, in the form of events, workshops, residencies, school visits, fellowships, groups, consultations and mentorships. For more information, visit our website at https://www.westwords.com.au/ WestWords is proudly supported by: * CREATE NSW Arts, Screen & Culture * COPYRIGHT AGENCY Cultural Fund Copyright Agency * The City of Parramatta City of Parramatta * Blacktown City Council Blacktown City Council * Campbelltown City Council Campbelltown City Council, NSW #poets #slampoetry #westsidepoetry #poetry

13.01.2022 We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that, with your help, Booktober raised $10,737 this year! For our first year we are ecstatic with the outcome and can’t wait to spread the love of literature with loads of kids in the Western Sydney region through books and specialised literary programs in 2021. We are in the process of finalising logistics around the distribution, and we will certainly provide you with some updates in the coming months. Thank you to all our fabulous Book...worms, who read ferociously during Booktober and encouraged support and donations from their friends and families in doing so. Thank you also to our WestWords ambassadors Bryan Brown and Jane Caro @janecaroofficial for sharing their love of reading, and of course to our fantastic parJane Caro #booktober #booktober2020 #janecaro #bryanbrown #libbygleeson #kidsbooks #fundraising #westwords #westernsydney #creatensw You can continue to support WestWords with any purchases made through Booktopia. When you click on this link https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/4QLR0 and purchase a book (perhaps a good way to get some of your Christmas shopping out of the way!) a small donation will come back our way. What a feel good way to shop!

13.01.2022 Greeting kittens, Ernest H here. Yes, it is a long weekend (let’s face it, for me every weekend is a long weekend) but that does not preclude us from our ongoing quest for the perfect whiskey sour. Nor does it excuse us from pursuing the perfect story. Tonight I am thrilled to welcome Rawah Arja to the Club. She will be regaling us with tales tall and true, and discussing her journey from teacher to Tik Tok star and debut novelist. It’s to be held on Zoom, of course. What els...e? I now have to add that to my daily routine rise, ablute, prepare and drink whiskey sour, smoke cigar, chat with cats about their extra toes, prepare large jug of Long Island Iced Tea, smoke cigar, clean shotgun, go fishing, search for Zoom password, prepare a dirty martini, discard dirty martini in deference to another whiskey sour, smoke cigar, abandon Zoom call, retire. I look forward to greeting you at the door in a resplendent smoking jacket. Shoes optional. EH Topic: Hemingway's Kitten Club Time: Sep 7, 2020 07:00 PM Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82819291936

10.01.2022 ***URGENT FUN OPPORTUNITY*** We had this message come across our desk this morning from the Feminist Writers Festival regarding their event this weekend. It's two years since they were in Sydney for our 2018 festival and while an in-person festival is not possible in this unusual year, they are thrilled to be delivering their usual celebration of Australia’s best feminist thinkers, writers and activists, in FWF2020.... They're hosting interactive Zoom panels on our festival day, Saturday 14 November, accompanied by specially commissioned essays available to read before the event, and capping the day off with a bout of Craftivism. Plus, we’re producing a free podcast series, FWFtalks, which is currently being released each Friday. Across these platforms, they're covering the big issues of the day: violence, inequities in our health and legal systems, ecofeminism, sustainable feminism and intersectionality. The beauty of a virtual event is that you can join in from anywhere - and they'd love to have you. As a special offer, please use the code FWF2020_Friends at the checkout for 15% off any ticket type. Click this link https://mailchi.mp//support-fwfs-community-of-courageous-w there is a special giveaway from their partners at Gleebooks. We hope to see you next weekend at FWF2020 - check out the full program. Team FWF and WestWords

10.01.2022 To read or not to read? What a stupid question! Help us turn the page on disadvantage. Start reading this Booktober sign up as a bookworm and fundraise to help disadvantaged kids within the Greater Western Sydney region. Start reading and donate now. https://www.booktober.org.au/... #Booktober #WestWords #TurningThePageOnDisadvantage #Bookworm

09.01.2022 An exciting hybrid event. We've been so happy to contribute to the event by commissioning the writers to collaborate with animators and sound artists to create some of the digital artworks. Food - Art - Music... has to be good!

09.01.2022 Western Sydney Writes has a special treat this week. We have a reading by Helena Fox of her award winning YA Novel, 'How it Feels to Float.' Published by Pan Macmillan Australia in 2019, Fox is Winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Prize for Writing for Young Adults 2020. Winner of the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Young Adult Literature 2020.... To watch this latest reading please visit our YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/X6goH4xDOmQ #authortalks #helenafox #PMLiteraryAwards #YAFiction #readinggroup #australianfiction #thecopyrightagency

08.01.2022 The 2020 Mayoral Creative Writing Prize closes this SUNDAY! Submit your writing now!

08.01.2022 ***GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ABORIGINAL OR TORRES STRAIT WRITERS*** 2021 Fellowships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait writers at Varuna, the National Writers’ House are now open for applications. Now in its fourth consecutive year, the First Nations program is developed by Varuna the National Writers’ House in collaboration with Magabala Books.... Both unpublished and published Indigenous writers are invited to apply for a one-week residency at Varuna, in the Blue Mountains of NSW. All genres of fiction, narrative non-fiction, poetry, children's books, graphic novels, dramatic/screen writing, writing for radio, translation, essays or short fiction are eligible. Submissions in language are warmly welcomed. Each residency offers participants the time and space to write, including full board and accommodation with a room and writing studio for each writer, as well as reimbursement of all travel expenses to and from Varuna. The week-long fellowship includes a one-on-one mentoring session as well as group reading sessions. Over decades, Varuna has become established as a unique haven for writers, fostering excellence, innovation and diversity in Australian literature with opportunities that are designed to support writers and the writing process. The 2020 recipients of the First Nations Fellowship were Alison Whitakker, Gary Lonesborough, Jeanine Leane, Mykaela Saunders and Travis De Vries. Applications close at midnight on 10 December 2020. For further details, including how to apply, visit: https://www.varuna.com.au/fellowships/firstnations or phone (02) 4782 5674.

07.01.2022 We're so happy to support such a great event. Stay tuned more opportunities coming.

07.01.2022 Glad to see the Macarthur Advertiser promoting Booktober! In this beautiful weather there is no better time to pick up a book for a cause. #reading #macarthuradvertiser #booktober https://www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au//support-western-/

06.01.2022 "Working with WestWords changed my life. It’s helped me with my confidence, it’s helped me with my writing skills, with how I write, with the way I view writing. They basically made me a better person." Ali, aged 15, Granville Boys High School. Having worked with Granville Boys’ High School over two years on multiple programs including the inaugural year-long Landscape, Place & Me program, in 2017 GBHS ran its first Extension English 1 class in over a decade. In 2018, this le...d to its first Extension 2 English class in as many years and we continued to work with the boys. All the boys in the programs became Prefects, Vice-Captain or Captain. Help turn the page on disadvantage this Booktober. Sign up as a bookworm at www.booktober.org.au and fundraise to help kids just like Ali reach their potential. Quite simply literacy changes lives. #Booktober #WestWords #TurningThePageOnDisadvantage #Bookworm

05.01.2022 Congratulations to all the winners and nominees of the 2021 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards!!

05.01.2022 Love this opportunity!

05.01.2022 We're so happy to see our fearless leader and visionary Michael Campbell included in this diverse list of public advocates. Take a moment to wander through the list and support WestWords in the process. Voting is open now.

05.01.2022 We're very excited by our latest Western Sydney Reads. Bestselling author and award-winning journalist, Sue Williams, joins us to read from her first full-length fiction 'Elizabeth & Elizabeth' published by Allen and Unwin, 2021. 'Elizabeth & Elizabeth' explores a fictional friendship between the two women at the forefront of the establishment of NSW, Elizabeth Macquarie and Elizabeth Macarthur.... A lovely moment to spend with such a talented author. #allenandunwin #elizabethandelizabeth #elizabethmacarthur #elizabethmacquarie #australianhistory #authortalks

05.01.2022 Bookworms are happiest in their natural habitat. Help us turn the page on disadvantage. What have you been reading this Booktober sign up as a bookworm and fundraise to help disadvantaged kids within the Greater Western Sydney region. There’s also some great reading suggestions on the site! Start reading and donate now. https://www.booktober.org.au/blogs/suggested-readings... #Booktober #WestWords #TurningThePageOnDisadvantage #Bookworm

01.01.2022 "A room without books is like a body without a soul." Help us turn the page on disadvantage. Start reading this Booktober sign up as a bookworm and fundraise to help disadvantaged kids within the Greater Western Sydney region. Many of these kids have never owned their own book. We need your help to change that. . #booktober #WestWords #TurningThePageOnDisadvantage #bookworm