• The 2022 Booranga Prizes for writing will be announced at the launch of fourW thirty-three: New Writing anthology in Wagga Wagga on Saturday 26 November, and in Sydney on Saturday 3 December

Booranga Writers’ Centre at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga will launch the latest edition of its long-running fourW thirty-three: New Writing anthology in Wagga Wagga and Sydney at the end of the month.

Senior Lecturer in English in the Charles Sturt School of Social Work and Arts Dr Lachlan Brown said, “fourW thirty-three is as old as the University and is Australia’s longest-running regional literary journal.

“It’s a high-quality, multi-layered slice of the contemporary writing scene that features nearly fifty poems and a dozen stories from writers from around Australia and overseas, and work by Booranga’s visiting writers-in-residence.

“fourW thirty-three has always been committed to fostering new writing in this region, especially by publishing it in the context of national and international writing communities.”

Of particular note, are new works by current and former Charles Sturt students and staff, including Dr Lachlan Brown, John Harper, Mark Macleod, Melanie Weckert, Dr Neill Overton, Jane Downing, Steve Sharman, Karen Jamieson, Claire Baker, Sandra Robins and David Gilbey.

fourW thirty-three’s luminous cover art is by Charles Sturt alumnus Derek Motion.

fourW thirty-three will be launched by Member for Wagga Wagga, Dr Joe McGirr MP, at the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery at 2pm on Saturday 26 November 2022; and later at Gleebooks in Sydney by writer Craig Billingham at 3pm on Saturday 3 December 2022.

At the Wagga launch, the winners of the 2022 Booranga Prize for writing will be announced.

The writers shortlisted for the poetry prize are Lachlan Brown, Nathan Curnow, Toby Fitch, Kai Jensen, Wes Lee and Mark Macleod. Those shortlisted for the prose prize are Michael Crane, Raylene Brown, Jane Downing, Jo Mularczyk and Sarah Symmons.