Sweatshop Literacy Movement and NewSouth Publishing have collaborated to produce Fresh Off The Books: The Pasifika Australia Literary Initiative.
It will be Australia’s first-ever literary program for Pasifika-Australian writers, with 12 successful applicants to each receive a year-long scholarship to develop their portfolios. The scholarship will include masterclasses, consultative and editorial support and a stipend of $1000 for each successful recipient.
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).
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