Ellen O’Brien

Ellen O’Brien is a Guringai (Garigal/Walkeloa) writer and editor living on Bidjigal land. Ellen has had prose and poetry published in Sydney Review of Books, Meanjin, The Big Issue, Overland, Rabbit, Cordite and un Magazine. You can read more at her website: ellenmobrien.com.

Works By Ellen O’Brien

Critical Mass
For decades, Daniel Browning has been convening conversations about Indigenous arts and cultures. Ellen O’Brien’s review of his first book brings out the challenge his polyphonic work poses to both soloistic ideas of art and monolithic identities....
22 Nov. 2024
Journey To Here
Yes, there are things I should consider—agreements between us, called ‘road rules’ and ‘traffic laws’—but if I disregard them, I can pretend that I’m the queen of my own little castle. So, vroom fucking vroom, baby! Let’s ride.
14 Apr. 2023
‘You Have to Believe Me’
The legal professionals in Witness reminded me of one of the lessons I internalised in my very first class at law school: working within the legal system – as a ‘professional’ – requires you to push subjectivity to the side.
29 May. 2022