The Mill is thrilled to announce Ben Brooker as the recipient of the 2018 Writer in Residence residency. Ben receives a studio at The Mill for 6 months, a budget for commissioned writing and publication outcomes with our partner organisations.
The Writer in Residence program supports emerging writers from a variety of disciplines. The program creates a broader audience for writing through leadership, mentorship and publication.
About the writer:
Ben is a writer, editor, critic, essayist, and playwright. His work has been featured by Overland, New Matilda, New Internationalist, Australian Book Review, RealTime, The Lifted Brow, and Daily Review. Ben is a co-facilitator of Adelaide’s Quart Short literary reading salons and in 2016-17 was an inaugural Sydney Review of Books Emerging Critics Fellow.
Find out more: benbrooker.com
Testimonial:
“It was great to have The Mill’s support, and the company of so many lovely Mill residents, as I wrote some of the most challenging and rewarding pieces I’ve done in some time. From getting branded (twice!) to tangling with Peter Goers, it was a wild ride.” Ben Brooker, 2018-19 Writer in Residence