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The Westsider: August, 2025

The Westsider is a not-for-profit, monthly community newspaper, written by volunteers and delivered to hundreds of pick-up points across the inner west each month.

Screens – August 2025

Films this month are Kangaroo Island, Eddington and Future Council.

Recommended reading – August 2025

Book reviews this month: Where the Birds Call Her Name, The Big Backyard Plan, Solenoid and Sonny & Tess.

The West’s inaugural Writers’ Success Summit 

Melbourne’s West, with its Yarra and Maribyrnong Rivers flowing to the Bay, is home to  60,000 years of First Peoples’ storytelling.

Arts Events August

Upcoming arts events in the West for the month of August

Painting through winter helps boost mental health

I plan to create one hundred paintings featuring positive words related to resilience, self-love, wellbeing, and inner strength.

Peter Knight: An intergenerational sonic journey through diverse genres

Local music legend Peter Knight has just released a new album with his band TL;DR. The Westsider’s Natalie Heslop chats to him.

Yarraville’s barefoot fugitive of Buninyong Street bound for Borthwicks

I have a confession to make.  Buninyong Street in Yarraville once housed a fugitive.  My father. 

Yarraville’s Uniting Op Shop

This month’s great op shop discovery is Yarraville’s Uniting Op Shop.

Wyndham Women’s herbal tips

By Dorothy Kwaczel My name is Dorothy Kwaczel. I was born in February 1959 in Poland, the youngest in a family of five children. When my...

Point Cook’s Nasi Lemak Cheesecake that went viral!

Nasi lemak is a quintessential Malaysian dish that embodies the country’s rich culinary heritage.

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