New cultural hub opens in Parramatta

A new Centre for Writing and three dedicated writers’ rooms have opened in Western Sydney.
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Community organisation WestWords has opened a new Centre for Writing in Parramatta, including a dedicated writer’s room.

The new facility will oversee WestWords’ programs in schools and communities around Parramatta and will also provide a dedicated space for writers and artists from the area. Additional writers’ rooms have opened in Campbelltown and Katoomba.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts