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As well as writing, mentoring, teaching, and presenting in different formats, Josephine is also a freelance editor, most recently editing The Ghost Walk<\/em><\/a>, by Karen Herbert, for Fremantle Press<\/a>. The Ghost Walk<\/em> was shortlisted for Best Crime Fiction in the 2026 Ned Kelly Awards.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Other books edited by Josephine include two books published by\u00a0Margaret River Press<\/a><\/strong><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n 2019\u00a0Bindy Pritchard<\/a><\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0Fabulous Lives<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Fabulous Lives<\/span><\/em>\u00a0was shortlisted in the 2019\u00a0Western Australian Premier\u2019s Book Awards for\u00a0The Premier\u2019s Prize for an Emerging Writer.<\/span><\/p>\n 2018\u00a0H.C. Gildfind<\/a><\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0The Worry Front<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n A quiet brilliance is on display in several of the collection\u2019s stories, expressing the immensity of a life in a single moment or gesture […] Many of Gildfind\u2019s narratives are compelling and disturbing in equal measure, tightly focalising around one character\u2019s perspective to the exclusion of other points of view. (Mark Azzopardi, ‘Strange Things: New Australian Short Fiction<\/a><\/span><\/strong>‘,\u00a0Sydney Review of Books<\/em>,\u00a05 July 2019)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n See\u00a0H.C. Gildfind’s ‘She murdered my brain! Some thoughts on the editing process<\/a><\/strong><\/span>‘, for a clever and entertaining reflection on the editorial relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Josephine held the position of\u00a0Associate Editor<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0at\u00a0Westerly<\/em>\u00a0Magazine<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, at the University of Western Australia, between 2017 and 2022.\u00a0The Magazine has a long and prestigious history, and has had an influential role in the careers of some of\u00a0the nation’s most respected authors<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n In 2019, Josephine was guest editor for the seventh\u00a0Online Special Issue<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of\u00a0Westerly<\/em>: ‘DisAbility<\/a><\/strong><\/span>‘, which featured an image from artist and poet Oliver Mills<\/a><\/span><\/strong> on the cover. Contributors to the issue include Andy Jackson, Jessica White, Jane Monson, Khairani Barokka, Kristian Patruno, Robin M. Eames, Anthony Riddell, Heather Taylor-Johnson, Suzanne Ingelbrecht, and many more.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Guest editors for\u00a0Westerly’<\/em>s second Online Special Issue<\/a><\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0‘<\/i>New Creative’, were David Thomas Henry Wright, Rashida Murphy, Marie O’Rourke and Josephine Taylor. The issue features emerging West Australian talent in contemporary writing, including authors from local university programmes as well as the broader\u00a0writing community.<\/span><\/p>\n New Creative was launched by Rachel Robertson<\/a><\/strong><\/span> at the inaugural Australian Short Story Festival on 23 October 2016 in the courtyard of the Centre for Stories.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Westerly<\/em>\u00a0OSIs are free to download from the\u00a0Westerly<\/em>\u00a0website<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 \u00a0 As well as writing, mentoring, teaching, and presenting in different formats, Josephine is also a freelance editor, most recently editing The Ghost Walk, by Karen Herbert, for Fremantle Press. The Ghost Walk was shortlisted for Best Crime Fiction in the 2026 Ned Kelly Awards. \u00a0 \u00a0 Other books edited by Josephine include two \n
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