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Emma Tideswell

RARE PHOTOS: Mags webster obituary | Vintage Vibes

Mags Webster’s first book of poetry, The Weather of Tongues, won the Anne Elder award in 2011
Mags Webster’s first book of poetry, The Weather of Tongues, won the Anne Elder award in 2011 Photograph: none

My friend Mags Webster, who has died aged 61 of pancreatic cancer, was a poet, writer and editor; her work was showcased in journals and anthologies in Australia, Asia and the US.

After moving from the UK to Perth, Western Australia (WA), in 2003, Mags had two books of her poetry published – The Weather of Tongues, which won the Anne Elder award, for the best first book of poetry published in Australia, in 2011, and Nothing to Declare, shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s literary awards 2021.

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