VENUE UPDATE:
Our gathering on Saturday 25th July, 3-5 pm,
will be at 41 Hunter Street Parramatta not
at Old Government House as we first thought.
We will move to Old Government House for our monthly events from 8th August. NB by 1st August, you will find WestWords admin at the Caretakers Cottage, Experiment Farm which like Parramatta Park is a delightful location.
PUBLISHING NEWS: At last, Expression 2025 has been lodged at the National Library of Australia – see via TROVE. Pdfs of the first five are are also on this site .
Pop Up Zine 2026 (most of which will appear in Expression 6) has the theme of Distance – interpreted widely we hope. A collection of ZineWest 2026 writing will also feature. Please note that this publication is only open to invited writers with Western Sydney connections. Due 27 September. Pop Up Zine_ Distance_EntryForm
Pop Up Zine 2026 Image entries entry form available soon.
ZineWest 2026 print publication List. (Art work will be announced in August.)Launch 12 September 11:30am for Noon start. UNE Parramatta Campus, 28 George St Parramatta. More details soon, meanwhile …
ZINEWEST PUBLICATION LIST 2026.
(NB Additional entrants will contribute to a digital publication)
Myra A. – Overcome
C.A. Broadribb – Don’t Read This Story
Peter Cartwright – The Gate
Sarah Cupitt – I Said Desire Bleeds
Marie Dustmann – Last Walk in the Rain Forest
Edie – High Heels
Norm Fairbairn – Irvine’s Foot
Zoe Gangell – My Fashion that She Wore
Nelson Groom – Little Coogee
Jondarr – Conquered
S L Jones – Temporarily Untranslated
Gregory Kenny – Reflection
Artelle Lenthall – Unquestionable
Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan – Puffers
Jessie McDowell – Rice Cooker Song
KT Major – Untold
Kristof Mikes-Liu – A person Stumbles on Infinity
Adriana Mucea -Happiness
Renata Mueller – Homespun Cloth
C E. Mutya – The White City
K.L. Quah – What will you do the day before the world ends
Charnel Rizk – She Hugs the Trees
Niko Satria – The Observatory
Dannielle Viera – Off the Market
Rosanna Yahya – Photographer
Dona Samson Zappone – New Dark Forest