A vote for books and publishing

Book Create Australia, a cohort of book industries, unite to present seven policy recommendations for the new or returned government post election.

The book industry has waded into election lobbying, thanks to a cohort representing the shared interests of Australia’s publishers, booksellers, authors and librarians under the rubric of Books Create Australia.

A new or returned government should develop a national plan for Literature, Books and Reading, the members of Books Create Australia believe. They have advanced seven policy recommendations to support reading and writers in the lead-up to the election.

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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