Thuy On

Thuy On is the Reviews and Literary Editor of ArtsHub and an arts journalist, critic and poet whoā€™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. Threads: @thuy_on123 Instagram: poemsbythuy

Thuy On's Latest Articles

Bad review. Image is of a man's torso, wearing a suit and stripey tie and pointing out Ć  la Lord Kitchener. His finger is touching a yellow star, the only one filled in a row of five.
Career Advice

5 ways to deal with a bad review

How do you cope when the work you've laboured over for years receives a less than flattering reception?

ā€˜Club Vegas: The Spectacleā€™. Photo: Supplied. A group of six performers on stage in extravagant purple body suit and feather on top of their heads on the stage with spotlights on them.
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Performance review: Club Vegas: The Spectacle, Athenaeum

All the ritz and glitz of Vegas in this variety show.

World of the Book. Image is an ancient book, printed in the 15th century, lying open.
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World of the Book returns with one of the earliest and rarest printed English books

A book that marks the birth of English printing is part of State Library Victoria's latest exhibition display.

writers' block. Image is a close-up of an empty notepad and some scrumpled up sheets of paper.
Career Advice

5 tips to beat writers' block

Easy steps to start writing again when you are creatively blocked.

Canberra Museum and Gallery. A group of metal cylinders in shades of bronze and blue patina are grouped against a white brick wall. The one on the far left is bubbly at the top as if it has been underwater or in an acid bath.
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The slippery nexus between sculpture and design and the agency of materials

Canberra Museum and Gallery has a new exhibition: Materialityā€¦ but not as we know it.

BookPeople centenary. Image is piles and piles of books, filling the frame, some stacked horizontally and some vertically.
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BookPeople marks its centenary year

The peak body for Australian booksellers celebrates a milestone birthday.

Image is an older white woman with shoulder length hair and grey at the temples. She wears a pearl necklace and a V white scoop neck top with a grey leaf pattern on it and is looking off to the right. The portrait, among two other works of Gina Rinehart, are reproduced in Vincent Namatjira's monograph. Image: Supplied, courtesy Thames & Hudson.
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Gina Rinehart's own creativity revisited as she attacks Namatjira's portrait

Do you remember Gina Rinehart's poem 'Our Future'? Here it is, for those who missed it when it first came…

Handwriting. Typing. Image is a glass jar against a black background, filled with a variety of pens and pencils.
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New research shows handwriting as important as typing for children

A hybrid of digital skills and traditional pen(cil) and paper is recommended for optimal learning.

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Performance review: 360 ALLSTARS, Arts Centre Melbourne

Urban circus delights with musical and world-class acts.

Three white women in their 30s sit on a brown leather couch. On the left is a mousy woman reading a book, on the right a smiley one crocheting a blanket and in the middle a woman in a blue jumper looking troubled and staring at the camera. Share House: The Musical.
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Musical review: Share House: The Musical, Arts Centre Melbourne

The trials and tribulations of house sharing in your 30s come under the microscope in this sign of the times…

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