Andrew McMillen is an Australian music journalist and national music writer for The Australian.[1]
Early life and education
editMcMillen grew up in the Queensland city of Bundaberg, the son of two teachers.[2] He relocated to the state capital city, Brisbane, in 2006 to study for a communication studies degree at the University of Queensland.[3]
Writing
editHe contributed the chapter "The bone collector" to The Best Australian Science Writing 2016.[4] McMillen won the 2017 Queensland Clarion Award for his body of work in The Weekend Australian.[5]
McMillen's book Talking Smack: Honest Conversations About Drugs was published in 2014 by University of Queensland Press.[6][7][8] David Messer of The Sydney Morning Herald called the work "a brave and important book" and noted that McMillen was "careful to provide a balance of experiences, including [those of] non-drug takers".[9] Toby Creswell of The Newton Review of Books wrote that the "real interest" in the book "is not so much the drug tales which...are fairly repetitive" but "the insights that McMillen gives into the creative processes of [the interviewed] artists".[10]
References
edit- ^ "Andrew McMillen". The Australian. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ McMillen, Andrew. "About the book". talkingsmack.com.au. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ Holder, Rodney. "Andrew McMillen – Music Journalist". musicbusinessfacts.net (interview, audio not archived). Music Business Facts. Archived from the original on 11 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ Jo Chandler, ed. (2017). The Best Australian Science Writing 2016. NewSouth. ISBN 978-1742235035.
- ^ 2017 Winners & Finalists; Judges' Comments (PDF), Queensland Clarion Awards, 27 August 2017, p. 7, retrieved 16 July 2024
- ^ McMillen, Andrew (2014). Talking Smack: Honest Conversations About Drugs. University of Queensland Press. ISBN 978-0-7022-5323-2.
- ^ Free, David (13 September 2014). "Andrew McMillen's Talking Smack gets lowdown from users and abusers". The Australian. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ Bochenski, Natalie (1 August 2014). "Smack talk: Brisbane writer's quest to reframe the drugs discussion". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ^ Messer, David (15 August 2014). "How drugs help some musicians to make music". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ Creswell, Toby (28 October 2014). "Talking Smack: Honest conversations about drugs". The Newton Review of Books. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
External links
edit- Official website
- "How I Snuck Through Wikipedia's Notability Test" by Andrew McMillen, 7 March 2015, Medium
- Contributions by McMillen to The Saturday Paper
- Contributions by McMillen to The Monthly
- Contributions by McMillen to BuzzFeed
- "How Australia Bungled Its $36 Billion High-Speed Internet Rollout" by Andrew McMillen, 11 May 2017, The New York Times, p. A6.
