Keith Westwater

Keith Westwater is a New Zealand writer whose prize-winning debut collection of poetry, "Tongues of Ash" was published in 2011 by the Australian publisher, Interactive Press (IP). "Tongues of Ash" won the 2011 "IP Picks" prize for Best First Book. Keith began writing poetry in 2003 while attending the International Institute of Modern Letters Writing the Landscape course at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Since then his work has appeared in Landfall, JAAM, Snorkel, Idiom 23, and other publications and has received or been short-listed for awards in New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland. Prizes for his poetry include an equal first place in the 2006 Yellow Moon Spirit of Place competition and first place in the International Tertiary Student Poetry section of the 2009 Bauhinia Literary Awards. Visit Keith's blog at http://www.keithwestwater.com/