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.
