Publications



Poetry 2018

Stone Mother Tongue
136 pages
Full colour
UWA Publishing, Claremont
October 2018






Poetry 2014

The Lake’s Apprentice
260 pages, nature writing, poetry, photographs.
Full colour
UWA Publishing, Claremont
April 2014






Poetry 2013

My mother’s second skin
Heron on the rocks
Heaven and Earth
(3 poems)
Jukebox poetry and prose anthology
Out of the Asylum writers Fremantle
November 2013

Hillclimbing for lovers
In collaboration
The holding dark
(3 poems)
Poetry d’amour 2013 poetry anthology
WA Poets Inc
November 2013

Freeway Auguries
Australian Love Poems 2013, ed. Mark Tredennick
Inkerman and Blunt
Sept 2013






Exhibitions 2013

I hope they unearth this exhibition
Suburban Archaeology
Curated by Amanda Alderson
Contemporary artists, poets and local history
Ellenbrook Arts and Nyisztor Studio Annex, Fillaudeau's 2013

Landscapes: Real and Imagined
Curated by Amanda Alderson
Contemporary artists, poets and photographers
Kidogo Arthouse and Nyisztor Studio Annex, Fillaudeau's 2013





Poetry 2012

Desire paths
The Red Room Company / The Disappearing - iPhone app and online
December 2012

In bloom
Australian Poetry Website poem of the week
September 2012

The Practice of Belonging
Dark Diamonds. An anthology of poems from the south coast of Western Australia
Hallowell Press, Denmark August 2012 &
Westerly 57:2 November 2012

After Devotion
Shortlisted, Peter Porter Poetry Prize
Australian Book Review
March 2012 issue # 339






Artist's Book 2012

Sharing the Edge
Artist’s book (15cm x 42cm) of poems, prose and photographs
Adaptation exhibition 2012, curated by SymbioticA, Contemporary Art Spaces Mandurah
(formerly known as INQB8 Centre for Contemporary Art) May 2012
Regional exhibitions curated by Art on the Move (Waroona, Katanning, Esperance 2013-15)






Photography and Poetry Installation 2012

Sharing the edge
12 Landscape photos with wall mounted poetry and artists book
‘Adaptation Exhibition 2012’, curated by SymbioticA, Contemporary Art Spaces Mandurah






Poetry 2011

Treasure
Online Fremantle Press

The Memory of Earth
Tom Collins Poetry Prize (Fellowship of Australian Writers WA)
Appears in Westerly 56:1
June 2011





CD of Poems 2011

Bush Journal
May 2011




Poetry 2010

Light and dark lie together
If it were winter, at so early an hour
Appears in: Westerly
ISBN 978 09804371-4-0
December 2010

Flying Late Light
Avocets drift on Lake Clifton
Appears in: Westerly
ISBN 978 09804371-4-0
December 2010

Petrichor
Petrichor, scent of first rainfall on rock
Appears in: Earthly Matters – biology and geology poems
(eds: Brook Emery, Victoria Haritos)
Science Made Marvellous anthology published by
Poets Union Inc. (Carol Jenkins Project editor)
ISBN 978-0-9805420-2-8

Midwinter and the Lake
is a glossed photo, clouds
Appears in: dotdotdash vol 5 Spring 2010 (p 40)
ISSN 1896-9308

The Guardian Tree
The guardian tree says it slant
Appears in: Creatrix# 10 online
W.A. Poets Inc.

Seamless
Appears in: Creatrix# 10 online
W.A. Poets Inc.

To Him
Touching his eyes across the wastes of time
Appears in: 22 ~ Anthology of WA Poetry
writingWA & WA Ed. Dpt
First published in The Roof Milkers, 2008 (selected poems)

Then there is leaving
Then there is leaving
Appears in: 22 ~ Anthology of WA Poetry
writingWA & WA Ed. Dpt
First published in The Roof Milkers, 2008 (selected poems)

The old Brick Kiln
A small constellation
Appears in: Landscapes – March 2010 online
The International Centre for Landscape and Language
Edith Cowan University
ISSN 1448-077

Litany of the Wind
This wind recites
Appears in: Landscapes Vol 3 No.2 Summer 2010
ISSN 1448-0778

Photographing A Spring Full Moon
Rising over Lake Clifton

At dusk I watch a relocated sky
Appears in: Landscapes Vol 3 No.2 Summer 2010
ISSN 1448-0778 ( Peer reviewed and a www resource)

Even the wind
There is a grief in things
Appears in: Landscapes Vol 3 No.2 Summer 2010
ISSN 1448-0778 (Peer reviewed and a www resource)

Many Rivers
In the afternoon of life, love at first sight
Appears in: dotdotdash vol 4 Winter 2010 (p.9)
ISSN 1896-9308 (can be accessed as a www resource)

Acres of Clear
Drawn to the window by
Appears in: New Beginnings
Fernando, Jeanette (ed)
Montrose, Victoria - Poetica Christi Press 2010 (p.72)

Bush journal entry #49
On the lakeside track today, spring showers
Appears in: Indigo Journal Vol. 5
February 2010
ISSN 1834-786X






Poetry 2009

Nocturne Where hunted and hungry
Appears in: dotdotdash vol 2 Summer 2009 (p 13)
ISSN 1896-9308

My Lover the Sea
Uncovered here I am a house without locks
Appears in: The Red Room Company
Sea Things Project online
October 2009

Coracle
Light laid us bare beyond the familiar
Appears in: Island #117
June 2009
ISSN 1035-3127

Paper, ink, inkstone, brushes
There’s the forest, like an inkstone
Appears in: Indigo Journal Vol. 3
Vol 3 poetry editor Sarah French
February 2009
ISSN 1834-786X

Absolution
Beyond the stone rim
Appears in: Stylus Poetry Journal
Issue 32 - January 2009 online
ISSN 1447-1779

Favourite
In all of your pictures, never a smile. I have
Appears in: Stylus Poetry Journal
Issue 32 - January 2009 online
ISSN 1447-1779

On meeting again
Although we share now only accidental
Appears in: Thirst, anthology 2009
FAWWA Edition
ISSN 1833-1408






Reviews 2009

Weightless Cargo
Review of Camera Obscura
SHORT STORIES by Cathryn Lomer
University of Queensland Press 2008
Appears in : Indigo Journal Vol. 4 Spring 2009 (p 133)
ISSN 1834-786x ISBN 978-0-9805 186-4-1

Review of The Poet Who Forgo
A memoir by Catherine Cole
Appears in: Indigo Journal Vol. 3
February 2009
ISSN 1834-786X






Selected Poems 2008

The Roof Milkers-
A collection of 78 poems
Published by Sunline Press 102 pages
June 2008 - Editors Roland Leach & Kevin Gillam
(full list online at AustLit)
ISBN 978 -0-9579515-8-7






Short Story 2008

Splendid Blue Wren
Appears in: Indigo Journal Vol. 2
Autumn 2008






Poetry 2007

Cut Quince
And I took in the moon
Appears in: Five Bells Vol 15 No 1 - Summer 2007/2008 -
Published by Poets Union Inc.
ISSN 1323 0417ISSN 1834-786x
Broadcast on ABC Radio National Short Story Jan 11 2009

The brief house of my summer
Its foothold precarious as life
Appears in: Indigo Journal Vol 1 Winter 2007 -
ISSN 1834-786x
Vol 1 Poetry Editor Marcella Polain






Nature Story 2000

A poem older than words
(Haibun) 2000
Appears in: Yellow Moon Issue 7 (p.3)
ISSN 1328-9047






Poetry 2000

Don’t close the window
The openess of windows catches him unaware
Appears in: Tidelines 2000 – ISBN 1876409 16 9
Contemporary Australian poetry and prose anthology
Jan Teagle Kapetas (ed.) p.129

A wild night
There’s been a beating here
Appears in: Tidelines 2000
Contemporary Australian poetry and prose anthology ISBN 1876409 16 9
Jan Teagle Kapetas (ed.) p.121 Out of the Asylum Fremantle Western Australia

New Year’s Day
begins becalmed
Appears in: Tidelines 2000 (p.107)
Contemporary Australian poetry and prose anthology ISBN 1876409 16 9
Jan Teagle Kapetas (ed.) Out of the Asylum Fremantle Western Australia

The restaurant scene
Breakfast at North Cott cafe
Appears in: Tidelines 2000 (p.50)
Contemporary Australian poetry and prose anthology ISBN 1876409 16 9
Jan Teagle Kapetas (ed.) Out of the Asylum Fremantle Western Australia

In the water you were more
In the water you were more verb than noun
Appears in: Tidelines 2000 (p.36)
Contemporary Australian poetry and prose anthology ISBN 1876409 16 9
Jan Teagle Kapetas (ed.) Out of the Asylum Fremantle Western Australia

He’s not a morning person
Appears in : Western Word Volume 23 No. 9
March 2000
ISSN 1324 – 8618






Poetry 1999

No trees, no rain
My cabbages caressed by liquid hands
Appears in : November Light 1999 (p39)
Contemporary Australian Literature
ISBN 1876409 02 9 Out of the Asylum Fremantle Western Australia

Persuasion for an Easter Blessing
Appears in: Western Word Volume 23 No. 6
July 1999
Published by the Fellowship of Australian Writers (WA)
ISSN 1324 – 8618






1978 – 1997 Annamaria Weldon published as Anna Castillo in Australia and overseas.

Illustrated Booklet 1987

Hidden voices, silent voices:
the Ethnic Music Centre of Western Australia..
Also titled “Multicultural arts today in Australia” 22 pages
By Anna Castillo and Lindsey Pollack
Publisher: North Sydney: Australia Council, 1987
Archived at Griffith University, Queensland Conservatorium Library QGU: CM)
10486278 QCGU ML 360 .P64 1987






Features 1984-88, 1993-4

General features, Arts and Poetry reviews
Weekly in The West Australian Newspaper 1984 – 1988, 1993-4
(Small selection available online via AustLit)






PUBLISHED IN MALTA

Selected Poems 1983

Ropes of Sand
31 poems by Anna Castillo -
Associated News (Malta) 1983

(full list online at AustLit)






Features 1978-84

Journal features, editing:
Associated News (Malta) 1978 - 1984

Newspaper columnist, The Sunday Times of Malta 1978- 1981