Puncher & Wattmann

Simon West was born in Melbourne in 1974. He is the author of one previous volume of poetry, First Names, which was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2007 and won the William Baylebridge Memorial Prize.

He has also published The Selected Poetry of Guido Cavalcanti (Troubador Publishing, 2009) and most recently The Yellow Gum’s Conversion, which was shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards.

Other awards include the Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship and the BR Whiting Residency.

Simon is represented in anthologies including Thirty Australian Poets (UQP) and Young Poets: An Australian Anthology (John Leonard Press).

 

Puncher and Wattmann titles by Simon West

Carol and Ahoy

 

First Names

 

• samples: Simon West, ‘Winter: Prali’

The Yellow Gum’s Conversion

 

• on other websites:

  Simon West, "Poetry Out of Nothing" AALITRA Review No.6 2013

  Simon West, "The World is but a word (in answer to the question, what is your poetry about?)" So Long Bulletin

  Simon West, "These Living Walls of Jet: Visiting the Open Houses of Poetry" Cordite

• samples: Simon West, ‘Volatiles’

The Ladder

 

• reviews: Simon West, ‘The Ladder’ in Cordite
• reviews: Simon West, ‘The Ladder’ in Australian Poetry Review