‘Highlights include multilingual reflections and Indigenous voices, the art of shouting, a slam final at Sydney Opera House and poets vying against ChatGPT.’ Photo: Supplied.
Story Week 2023 (SW23) will take place from 1-8 October in various locations around Sydney. Highlights include multilingual reflections and Indigenous voices, the art of shouting, a slam final at Sydney Opera House and poets vying against ChatGPT. Nearly 100 guest writers will partake in the many events around the city, with comedian Nazeem Hussain, creator of TV shows Legally Brown and Orange is the New Brown the 2023 Story Week Ambassador.
Also headlining this year are Australian Poetry Slam Champion Solli Raphaeland award-wining poet Madison Godfrey, alongside disability activist Hannah Diviney and transgender non-binary author Dylin Hardcastle.
Thuy On is Reviews 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. Her debut, a collection of poetry called Turbulence, came out in 2020 and was released by University of Western Australia Publishing (UWAP). Her second collection, Decadence, was published in July 2022, also by UWAP. Her third book, Essence, will be published in 2025.
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