Brooke Boland

Brooke Boland is an arts journalist with a Ph.D. in contemporary women’s writing. Her essays have been published in Meanjin, Overland, Sydney Review of Books, The Guardian, and elsewhere.

All essays by Brooke Boland

Writers at Work Essay: Brooke Bolandon small towns

Newcomer

‘How long does it take to become a local?’ I ask the local bartender.

Mar. 2022 • •
Writers at Work Essay: Brooke Bolandon a long year

Inferno

That summer seems long ago now. At the time I couldn’t write it down. I read accounts by people who experienced the fires and those in cities affected by poor air quality and had a writer’s guilt that I should be part of the conversation.

Jun. 2021 • • • •