Outgoing Affirm Press Publisher Martin Hughes. Photo: Sue Williams.
Martin Hughes is the outgoing CEO and Publishing Director at Affirm Press, the Melbourne-based book publisher he founded and which was recently acquired by Simon & Schuster. He previously worked as editor of The Big Issue magazine; as a writer, editor and photographer with Lonely Planet Publications; and in journalism and public relations in Ireland and the UK.
Hughes speaks to ArtsHub about his experiences as a small press publisher.
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.
She has three collections of poetry published by the University of Western Australian Press (UWAP): Turbulence (2020), Decadence (2022) and Essence (2025).
Threads: @thuy_on123 Instagram: poemsbythuy
