As well as its usual program of nationwide events, this year, Poetry Month 2024 (30 July to 1 September) will be partnering with UK poetry and spoken word festival, Contains Strong Language.
Poetry Month is an initiative of Red Room Poetry, Australia’s leading organisation that commissions poets and produces live poetry events nationally. It’s a festival that celebrates emerging and established writers, as well as public figures with an unexpected passion for poetry.
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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