Emma Westwood
Furphy Literary Award—Shortlist—Open Short Story 2025. Books on SECONDS, THE FLY, MONSTER MOVIES and BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN 👰🏽♀️
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- The Furphy Literary Award 2026 has just opened for submissions, so Damian 'Dips' O'Donnell and I ventured into the 3CR Community Radio studio to talk to Jan and David from 'Published... Or Not' about our Furphy successes from last year. Listen here: omny.fm/.../publ.../...
- Heading into the @3crmelbourne.bsky.social studio tomorrow (Thurs 5th Feb) to appear on the 'Published... Or Not' program with fellow Furphy shortlisted author Damian 'Dips' O'Donnell. We'll be talking about The Furphy Literary Award and Anthology book. Tune in at 11.30am...
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- Always a nail-biting experience to see reviews rolling in, but—by all accounts—the 2025 Furphy Anthology could be heralded as 'a critical success'. My own short story gets a wee mention in this one 📚 www.queenslandreviewerscollective.com/2026/01/20/t...
- On this Invasion Day 2026, I choose to 'celebrate' with a proud moment in Australian history: CHOPPER (2000, dir: Andrew Dominik) "Keithy's done himself a mischief"👂
- The kinds of random messages that keep writers writing…
- Move heaven and earth to see 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE. Nia DaCosta kicks this one out of the park 🦴
- Tonight’s viewing…
- Hello 2026 - time to wave goodbye to 2025 earworms: ‘Should I Do It?’ by The Pointer Sisters and ‘If My Friends Could See Me Now’ from Sweet Charity. Looking forward to new musical fixations embedded in my brain… 👂🏻🪱🤯
- Happy Poseidon Adventure! Here’s to 2026 🥂🎊
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- MY TOP 15 FILMS OF 2025 Watch the clip reel and/or read a few words: emmawestwood.net/2025/12/30/t...
- Live Or Let Bex and a Liedown
- My entrepreneurial, tech-savvy, artistic pal has soft-launched his film noir streaming platform, Tru Velvet. Films have been digitally restored using his own process – no AI. Free-plan viewing gives you unlimited access to 6 films per month. Current batch below ♠️ truvelvet.com.au/welcome/
- I’m a hero #fact
- I cried when I watched this in 2021, and now it's time to cry again. RIP Udo Kier 🖤
- Nothing says 'good tidings' like a couple of collector boxsets focusing on the career of Michael 'Sunnyboy' Haneke & some bloodier-than-bloodiest films from extreme French filmmakers. Here's to the start of a great holiday season, folks 🎁📀🎄 emmawestwood.net/2025/11/18/u...
- Hot tip from my hot tipster 🙉🙈🙊 BUNNY is an excellent new Australian indie horror. See it here: 🎥 Screening Venues Sun Theatre, Yarraville – Thurs, 13 Nov, 7pm Lido Cinemas, Hawthorn – Fri 14 Nov, 9pm Thornbury Picture House - Sat, 15 Nov, 4pm Eclipse Theatre, Elsternwick – Sun, 16 Nov, 7pm
- Did I say it's been described as "MAD MAX meets TROUBLE EVERY DAY"? I have now!
- Second viewing of FRANKENSTEIN, and this dedication from @realgdt.bsky.social has ruined me 😭
- I watched @realgdt.bsky.social poignant and painterly FRANKENSTEIN (2025) in the cinema with @jamieblanks.bsky.social. We were spellbound. If you can get to a cinema, this is where this beautiful creature should live – emotionally overwhelming, visually immersive, utterly masterful #frankenstein
- Why We Love Horror Stories – great perspective in @nautil.us, and one that pinpoints THE THING as a perfect horror film, so yeah, the author knows what they're talking about (can I get a witness, @jezconolly.bsky.social?): nautil.us/why-we-love-...
- 123 years old and discovered again – long live Elsa 😍 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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- I’ve built nothing but narratives recently, so why not try the TERRIFIER clown brick set ? (cheers for that, Umbrella Entertainment 🤡)
- PODCAST ALERT Mike Muncer of The Evolution of Horror podcast kindly allowed me to bang on about one of my favourite subjects, the film known as SECONDS (1966). Listen. Learn (maybe). Love (Mike, definitely - he's a mensch). emmawestwood.net/2025/10/18/e...
