Andrew McMillen

Andrew McMillen

Greater Brisbane Area
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I'm a journalist and author based in Brisbane, Australia.

Since January 2018, I have worked as national music writer at The Australian. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/Andrew+McMillen

While working as a freelance journalist from 2009 to 2017, my writing was published in The New York Times, The Weekend Australian Magazine, Rolling Stone, Good Weekend, The Saturday Paper, The Monthly, BuzzFeed and The Best Australian Science Writing 2016. http://andrewmcmillen.com/

I won the feature writing category at the Queensland Clarion Awards in 2017, and I won the freelance journalism category at the Clarions from 2015–2017. https://www.meaa.org/meaa-media/state-media-awards/queensland-clarion-awards/

My first book, 'Talking Smack: Honest Conversations About Drugs', was published by UQP in 2014. http://talkingsmack.com.au/

From 2015 to 2017 I hosted a podcast about Australian writing culture, 'Penmanship', which features in-depth interviews with Australians who earn a living from working with words. Guests included Sarah Ferguson, Chris Masters, Tim Rogers, John Clarke and Anne Summers. http://penmanshippodcast.com/

Profile photo taken by Lyndon Mechielsen in June 2021.

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  • The Australian Graphic

    The Australian

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Education

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Publications

  • The Best Australian Science Writing 2016

    NewSouth Books

    Now in its sixth year, 'The Best Australian Science Writing 2016' brings together knowledge and insights from Australia’s brightest thinkers as they explore the intricacies of the world around us. This lively collection of essays covers a wide range of subjects and challenges our perceptions of the world and how we exist within it.

    My article in this anthology is 'The Bone Collector', which was originally published in The Weekend Australian Magazine in October 2015. It's about a…

    Now in its sixth year, 'The Best Australian Science Writing 2016' brings together knowledge and insights from Australia’s brightest thinkers as they explore the intricacies of the world around us. This lively collection of essays covers a wide range of subjects and challenges our perceptions of the world and how we exist within it.

    My article in this anthology is 'The Bone Collector', which was originally published in The Weekend Australian Magazine in October 2015. It's about a scientist who is building an Australian-first skeleton library with the help of flesh-eating beetles: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/carl-stephan-builds-a-skeleton-library-at-the-uq-school-of-biomedical-sciences/news-story/f6e3b8b23fd3bb98b0f11f638b4b423a

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    • Jo Chandler (editor)
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  • Talking Smack: Honest Conversations About Drugs

    UQP

    "Of all the creative industries, the most distinct link between drug use and creativity lies within music. The two elements seem to be intertwined, inseparable; that mythical phrase “sex, drugs and rock and roll” has been bandied about with a wink and a grin for decades. But is it all smoke and mirrors, or does that cliché ring true for some of our best-known performers?

    In this fascinating book, journalist Andrew McMillen talks with Australian musicians about their thoughts on – and…

    "Of all the creative industries, the most distinct link between drug use and creativity lies within music. The two elements seem to be intertwined, inseparable; that mythical phrase “sex, drugs and rock and roll” has been bandied about with a wink and a grin for decades. But is it all smoke and mirrors, or does that cliché ring true for some of our best-known performers?

    In this fascinating book, journalist Andrew McMillen talks with Australian musicians about their thoughts on – and experiences with – illicit, prescription and legal drugs. Through a series of in-depth and intimate interviews, he tells the stories of those who have bitten into the forbidden fruit and avoided choking.

    This isn’t to say that stories of ruin and redemption are avoided – they’re not. These celebrated performers have walked the straight-and-narrow path of alcohol, caffeine, nicotine and prescription medication, as well as the supposedly dark-and-crooked road of cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy, heroin and methamphetamine.

    By having conversations about something that’s rarely discussed in public, and much less often dealt with honestly, McMillen explores the truths and realities of a contentious topic that isn’t going away.

    'Talking Smack' is a timely, thought-provoking must-read that takes you inside the highs and lows of some of our most successful and creative musicians."

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