New legal service for writers and illustrators

Authors Legal is a new service that will provide legal advice on publishing matters.

The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has recently announced the launch of Authors Legal, a new non-profit law firm that will offer low-cost legal advice for ASA members.

Designed for writers and illustrators at any stage of their careers and headed by Managing Lawyer and Director Victoria Chylek, the service seeks to provide assistance on contractual matters, in particular:

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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