Ellen O’Brien

Ellen O’Brien is a Guringai (Garigal/Walkeloa) writer living on Bidjigal land. She is the Program Officer for The Writing Zone, and the Editor-in-Residence for Faber Writing Academy at Allen & Unwin. Ellen has had prose and poetry published in Sydney Review of Books, Meanjin, Overland, Rabbit, Cordite and un Magazine. You can read more at her website: ellenmobrien.com.

All essays by Ellen O’Brien

The Commute Essay: Ellen O’Brienon driving

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. 
Apr. 2023 • •
Review: Ellen O’Brienon Louise Milligan
  • Witness by Louise Milligan Hachette
    368pp
    Published October 2020
    ISBN: 9780733644634

‘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.

May. 2022 • •