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Stella’s Big Day Out

The next stop for Stella's free one-day festival is Hobart.

15 Feb 2024 10:27

Thuy On

Black and white photo of a woman with curly hair and glasses wearing a black dress. Stella Day Out.

Writing and Publishing

Fiona Sweet, CEO of the Stella Prize. Photo: Brett Goldsmith.

On Friday 16 February Stella, a ‘voice for gender equality and cultural change in Australian literature‘, will stage the second iteration of its writerly event in Hobart, after the inaugural Stella Day Out was launched last year in Melbourne. Notable figures such as Amanda Lohrey and Heather Rose have been invited to speak in person at the showcase. ArtsHub speaks to CEO Fiona Sweet to learn more about this initiative, a free one-day festival to celebrate the work of Australian women and non-binary authors.

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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. 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