Thuy On

Thuy On is the former 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

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Who judges book covers? We all do

Reading a book by its cover.

Features

Teacher-writers: the hyphenated existence

Writers who also teach (and vice versa). How do they manage to juggle both professions?

Career Advice

10 tips for artists to increase their productivity

Sometimes the best thing to do to optimise our performance levels is pause, slow down, and take back control.

Features

15 book reviews of 2022 that garnered 5 stars

ArtsHub's team of reviewers offer their top reads of 2022.

Career Advice

Essential skills of a great copywriter

The scope and variety of clients and its high earning potential can make copywriting an attractive career or side hustle.

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Career Advice

So you want my arts job: Scribe

Being a scribe is an intense but rewarding experience that requires trust and a synergy of process.

ArtsHub has gathered voices on both sides of the publication divide to offer some tips about how to successfully manage the writer-editor relationship.
Features

How to navigate the writer-editor relationship

Working on a manuscript together necessitates compromise, humility and humour.

News

So you want my arts job: Bookseller

Loving books is ideal but being genuinely helpful is equally important when it comes to working in a bookstore.

Career Advice

So you want my arts job: Literary agent

Loving books is mandatory but being a literary agent necessitates many different avenues of advocating for authors.

Career Advice

So you want my arts job: TV and film extra

If you don't mind waiting around a lot, being an extra on set can be a interesting experience. You may…

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