Alice Anderson, who opened Australia’s first women’s garage in 1918. Photo: Supplied.
On Wednesday 24 January 2024 the State Library Victoria (SLV) will release a new six-part podcast series called The Chapters, which stars a motley crew of Victorian trailblazers and intriguing characters across the decades.
Produced in-house at the State Library’s own studio, The Chapters includes tales about a feminist hero, a bohemian artist admired by Salvador Dalà and a documentary photographer who captured impoverished social conditions in 1960s inner Melbourne.
Thuy On is the Reviews and Literary Editor of ArtsHub and an arts journalist, critic and poet who’s written for a range of publications including The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Sydney Review of Books, The Australian, The Age/SMH and Australian Book Review. She was the Books Editor of The Big Issue for 8 years and a former Melbourne theatre critic correspondent for The Australian.
Her debut, a collection of poetry called Turbulence, came out in 2020 and was released by University of Western Australia Publishing (UWAP). Her second collection, Decadence, was published in July 2022, also by UWAP. Her third book, Essence, will be published in 2025.
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