West, Patrick
Deakin University
Australia
Dr Patrick West is a Senior Lecturer in Professional and Creative Writing at Deakin University, Melbourne. His short-story collection, The World Swimmers, was published by The International Centre for Landscape and Language, Edith Cowan University, Perth, in 2011. The Australian’s reviewer wrote that The World Swimmers contains “incredible insight into the human condition throughout.” In 2012 Patrick wrote and co-produced the 27 minute fictional-documentary film Sisters of the Sun (directed by Simon Wilmot).
Contributions
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ArticlesIntroduction: The Creative Arts and Regional Well-BeingThe relationship between regionalism, well-being, and the creative arts has enjoined significant attention from community activists, commercial entrepreneurs, policy analysts, artists, and researchers over recent years (Australia Council for the Arts,...Read more
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ArticlesIntroduction This article presents the trans-disciplinary encounters with and perspectives on embodiment of three creative-arts practitioners within the Deakin University research project Flows & Catchments. The project explores how creative arts participate in community and the possibility of well-being. We discuss our preparations for creative work...Read more
