Wenona Byrne, the new director of Writing Australia.. Photo: Supplied.
Creative Australia has recently announced the appointment of Wenona Byrneto lead Writing Australia, which started this year and is responsible for supporting and promoting the literature sector as well as the development of markets and audiences for Australian literature.
Byrne has served as Head of Literature at Creative Australia since 2017; prior to that she’s worked in publishing for 11 years. She’s also worked as a writer/director in film and television as well as a freelance feature writer. Byrne speaks to ArtsHub about her new position.
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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