Andrew McMillen

A journalist and author based in Brisbane, Australia.

 

Recent Posts

  • GQ Australia story: ‘Not Another Bitcoin Story: Steemit and Steemfest’, March 2018
  • A Conversation with Maynard James Keenan of A Perfect Circle, March 2018
  • Announcing my appointment as national music writer at The Australian, from January 2018
  • The Weekend Australian Magazine story: ‘Lockstep With Lockie: Santiago Velasquez and his guide dog’, November 2017
  • Men’s Health story: ‘Jason Momoa: “There’s Too Much Shit I Want To Do”‘, November 2017
  • The Weekend Australian Magazine story: ‘Mind The Gap: Training Queensland Rail train drivers’, November 2017
  • Backchannel story: ‘The Social Network Doling Out Millions in Ephemeral Money: Steemit’, October 2017
  • Good Weekend story: ‘Risky Business: How a bad LSD trip taught one Sydney teenager to think twice about experimenting with drugs’, September 2017
  • Bite Magazine story: ‘Here To Help: Refugee dentist Dr Hooman Baghaie’, September 2017
  • The Weekend Australian Review story: ‘Sight Unseen: Audio description for blind theatregoers’, September 2017
 
 
 
 
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'Talking Smack: Honest Conversations About Drugs', a book by Andrew McMillen published by University of Queensland press in 2014

Andrew's first book, Talking Smack: Honest Conversations About Drugs, was published by University of Queensland Press in July 2014.

Andrew's feature journalism has been 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

Andrew also hosts Penmanship, a podcast about Australian writing culture, which features in-depth interviews with Australians who earn a living from working with words.

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Recent Posts

  • GQ Australia story: ‘Not Another Bitcoin Story: Steemit and Steemfest’, March 2018
  • A Conversation with Maynard James Keenan of A Perfect Circle, March 2018
  • Announcing my appointment as national music writer at The Australian, from January 2018
  • The Weekend Australian Magazine story: ‘Lockstep With Lockie: Santiago Velasquez and his guide dog’, November 2017
  • Men’s Health story: ‘Jason Momoa: “There’s Too Much Shit I Want To Do”‘, November 2017
  • The Weekend Australian Magazine story: ‘Mind The Gap: Training Queensland Rail train drivers’, November 2017
  • Backchannel story: ‘The Social Network Doling Out Millions in Ephemeral Money: Steemit’, October 2017
  • Good Weekend story: ‘Risky Business: How a bad LSD trip taught one Sydney teenager to think twice about experimenting with drugs’, September 2017
  • Bite Magazine story: ‘Here To Help: Refugee dentist Dr Hooman Baghaie’, September 2017
  • The Weekend Australian Review story: ‘Sight Unseen: Audio description for blind theatregoers’, September 2017

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  • GQ Australia story: ‘Not Another Bitcoin Story: Steemit and Steemfest’, March 2018
  • The Weekend Australian Magazine story: ‘Lockstep With Lockie: Santiago Velasquez and his guide dog’, November 2017
  • Men’s Health story: ‘Jason Momoa: “There’s Too Much Shit I Want To Do”‘, November 2017
  • The Weekend Australian Magazine story: ‘Mind The Gap: Training Queensland Rail train drivers’, November 2017
  • Backchannel story: ‘The Social Network Doling Out Millions in Ephemeral Money: Steemit’, October 2017
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  • A Conversation with Maynard James Keenan of A Perfect Circle, March 2018
  • The Weekend Australian Review story: ‘The Hardest Hit: Bliss N Eso and Johann Ofner’, May 2017
  • Good Weekend story: ‘Showcase: Tkay Maidza’, October 2016
  • The Weekend Australian Review story: ‘In From The Cold: Vivica Genaux’, April 2016
  • Qweekend story: ‘Man In Black: Ben Salter’, June 2015
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  • Backchannel story: ‘The Social Network Doling Out Millions in Ephemeral Money: Steemit’, October 2017
  • Backchannel story: ‘The Sleeper Autistic Hero Transforming Video Games: Symmetra and Overwatch’, July 2017
  • IGN Australia story: ‘This Vertigo-Inducing VR Game Will Scare The Crap Out Of You’, May 2017
  • The New York Times story: ‘How Australia Bungled Its $36 Billion High-Speed Internet Rollout’, May 2017
  • Griffith Review essay: ‘Worlds Beyond: Teachable moments in virtual reality’, May 2017
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  • The Weekend Australian album reviews, December 2016
  • The Weekend Australian album reviews, December 2015
  • The Weekend Australian album review, February 2015: Pearls
  • The Weekend Australian album review, December 2014: The Gin Club
  • The Weekend Australian album reviews, November 2014: Jack Ladder, Black Cab, Lia Mice, Bertie Blackman
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  • The Weekend Australian book reviews, December 2016
  • The Weekend Australian book reviews, December 2015
  • The Weekend Australian book reviews: Joel Meares and Liam Pieper, May 2015
  • The Weekend Australian book review: ‘The Abyssinian Contortionist’ by David Carlin, May 2015
  • The Weekend Australian book review: ‘Something Quite Peculiar’ by Steve Kilbey, January 2015
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