Winifred Weir has been published in a collection of four poets, Contours (Round Table Press, 1991), and her poetic narrative, or verse novella, Isabella, which was awarded the Women Writers’ Poetry Book Award in 2003, was published by Five Islands Press in 2001.

Weir’s poems have appeared in Southerly, Overland, Meanjin, Island, Scarp, Westerly, famous Reporter, Poetry Australia, Hobo and the Newcastle Herald as well as numerous anthologies over many years. In 1996 she won the Women Writers’ Poetry Prize. She has worked as a teacher and currently lives in Sydney’s north.

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The Poets Union monthly poetry reading is held on the fourth Sunday of the month.

The Poets Union thanks the Brett Whiteley Studio staff and the Art Gallery of NSW for their support and we thank Rosnay wines for their wonderful wine and sponsorship.