Thuy On

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

Thuy On's Latest Articles

Linda Judge. Bayside Painting Prize. Image is a painting of a short grey-haired woman in a black round neck top holding up a loosely woven grey textile in front of her.
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All in the family: the winning painting touches on matters of mortality and motherhood

Linda Judge has won the 2024 Bayside Painting Prize.

cat in a book. Tabby cat sits in a studio on a pile of papers or manuscripts. It is facing the left and looking off into the distance. The studio is filled with books and detritus and there is a woman in the background doing some sort of admin.
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Look, look, a cat in a book! (part 2)

Still don't have enough cat books in your life? Here are 10 more books, especially for the young.

World Problems. Image is a woman in grey standing on a stage in front of the mouth of a tunnel, that looks as if it's lined in slate. There are boulders at her feet and we can see the silhouetted heads of the front row of the audience from behind.
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Theatre review: World Problems, Southbank Theatre

A solo show that spans near and far, borne of personal and global events.

A long haired cat sits in front of a book shelf looking at the camera.
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Look, look, a cat in a book! (part one)

Want to read some books with feline characters in there? Here are 10 purrfect choices.

Alexis Wright. Praiseworthy. Stella Prize. A middle aged First Nations woman sits on couch that is covered with a striped throw. The couch is angled towards the camera and her arm lies along the top of it, holding a pair of glasses. There is a bookcase behind her and she has shoulder length brown wavy hair, a grey ish jacket over a blue shirt and a light blue and brown mottled scarf.
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Praiseworthy indeed: Alexis Wright wins Stella Prize 2024

The celebrated Waanyi author is now a two-time winner of the Stella Prize.

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In service to the performing arts and practice of acting

In tandem with his new book, Dean Carey, the founder of Actors Centre Australia (ACA), will present his philosophy and…

A bare stage aside from a single chair. To the left of it is a white teenaged girl looking anguished on the floor. An older white woman is behind her holding her and attempting to console her.
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Theatre review: The Almighty Sometimes, Southbank Theatre

The MTC's adaptation of this multi award-winning play about teenage mental illness is sensitive and nuanced.

Image is a yellow man made out of LEGO bricks pulling open his own chest so that more bricks fall out.
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Exhibition review: Art of The Brick, Melbourne Showgrounds

Over a million LEGO pieces have been used in this exhibition, which returns to Melbourne with new sculptures.

Image is a book flying through the air with its spine down and the pages flapping open. literary house. Vitagraph.
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A vital new independent literary house

Vitagraph is a new artist-led literary organisation that's just released its debut journal.

Freelance creatives. Cost of living. Image is an alarm clock, next to piles of coins and a little wooden house model, with foliage in the background.
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Freelance creatives struggling in cost of living crisis

Australian creative freelancers are doing it tough, with many reporting a decline in revenue.

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