National music writer at The Australian
brisbane, queensland, australia
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Claim your profileI'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+McMillenWhile 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.






Bachelors, Communication at The University Of QueenslandGraduated: 2009