It’s hard to believe but many Australian books across all genres (including memoir, fiction and children’s novels) are now out of print and therefore unavailable to readers (even the early winners of the Miles Franklin Literary Award are inaccessible). Untapped is a project that seeks to bring to the fore these languishing titles that will otherwise disappear from our collective consciousness.
This literary heritage venture ‘is a collaboration between authors, libraries and researchers, working together to identify Australia’s lost literary treasures and bring them back to life.‘
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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