This chapter analyses the production and composition of several of the
fourW anthologies of new writing as an index of rural and regional identity and their
relationship to national and international contexts of writing. fourW’s ‘glocal’
significance was argued for, in contexts of Australian literary production, and some of
the ways contributors’ works are positioned and networked with respect to Australian
and international writing were discussed. The roles of Charles Sturt University and
Australian literary scholarship in shaping fourW’s production and reputation have been
examined, as has the notion of rurality/regionality as imagined geographies. Some
consideration was given to fourW’s intersection with digital technologies, and the
manner in which global literary activity can increasingly be seen as a ‘network’.
Keywords: Rural, regional, Australia, writing, literature.
