The following was published in the March – May 2021 edition of The Victorian Writer: Wordsmith.
Thuy On is a freelance arts journalist, critic, and editor who’s written for a range of publications including ‘The Saturday Paper’, ‘Sydney Review of Books’, ‘The Age/SMH’, ‘The Australian’, ‘Australian Book Review’, ‘ArtsHub’ and ‘Books+Publishing’. She’s also the books editor of ‘The Big Issue’. Her first book, a collection of poetry, ‘Turbulence’, was published by UWAP in 2020.
Kirsten Krauth’s second novel ‘Almost a Mirror’ featured in The Guardian’s ‘Best 20 Australian Books of 2020’ and was shortlisted for the Penguin Literary Prize. She is working on a podcast about early 80s Australian pop and post-punk music, that will be released later this year. She is the managing editor of ‘The Victorian Writer’.