Linda Weste on the Verse Novel and Late Republican Rome

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Linda Weste is the author of three books. Her verse novel, Nothing Sacred (2015), won the Wesley Michel Wright Prize. As editor, she has published two non-fiction collections: The Verse Novel: Australian & New Zealand (2021) and Inside the Verse Novel: Writers on Writing (2020); these feature interviews with writers of the genre discussing verse novel poetics. For five years, she held the positions of Editor of Book Reviews and Acting Editor of Articles for TEXT Journal of Writing and Writing Programs. Other professional writing roles include Panel Chair, Poetry Judge, and Book Reviewer. She has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Melbourne and has taught poetry and poetics to creative writing students. Nothing Sacred is available here:https://scholarly.info/book/nothing-sacred/The Verse Novel: Australia & New Zealand is available here: https://scholarly.info/book/the-verse-novel-australia-new-zealand/Inside the Verse Novel: Writers on Writing is available here:https://scholarly.info/book/inside-the-verse-novel-writers-on-writing/ Production and Interview: Tina Giannoukos