Ella Pilson

Ella Pilson is an author-in-progress based in Naarm (Melbourne). She was shortlisted for the  Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers and is currently studying the Associate Degree of  Professional Writing & Editing at RMIT. Her opinion pieces have been published in RMIT’s Catalyst.  You can find her on Twitter at @EllaPilson.

Ella Pilson's Latest Articles

Two panels. On the left is a woman sitting down against a red background. She has wavy blonde hair and is dressed in black. On the right is the cover of a book, 'Rytual'. It has a close up of glistening red lips.
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Book review: Rytuał, Chloe Elisabeth Wilson

Friday night drinks are not what you'd expect at this cult beauty company.

Ella Pilson

May 8, 2025
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Book review: The Butterfly Women, Madeleine Cleary

A serial killer loose on the streets of 19th century Melbourne.

Ella Pilson

Apr 29, 2025
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Book review: Mother Tongue, Naima Brown

Motherhood, womanhood and the power of words.

Ella Pilson

Apr 9, 2025
Two panels. On the left is Madeleine Watts, who has long wavy brown hair. On the right is the cover of her book, 'Elegy, Southwest', which features an empty swimming pool and a stepladder in it.
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Book review: Elegy, Southwest, Madeleine Watts

A road trip that meanders around love and loss.

Ella Pilson

Mar 1, 2025
Jackson Ryan, on the top. He has a beard and brown hair. Carl Smith on the bottom. He has brown hair and glasses. Their book is on the right, 'The Best Australian Science Writing 2024'. It has a pale blue backgroudn.
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Book review: The Best Australian Science Writing 2024, Jackson Ryan and Carl Smith (editors)

Now in its 14th iterative, the anthology continues to bring forth a new array of science writing.

Ella Pilson

Feb 5, 2025
Two panels. On the left is a profile photo of Isabella G Mead. She has brown hair and is wearing a blue patterned top. On the right is the cover of her book, with 'The Infant Vine' in white font against a picture of a brownish plant.
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Book review: The Infant Vine, Isabella G Mead

This debut collection of poetry plays with the intersection between motherhood and the natural world.

Ella Pilson

Aug 28, 2024
Two panels. On the left, a woman with curly brown hair is standing against a colourful wall. On the right is the cover of a book. The image is of a face set among golden honeycomb. The words "Alice Robinson" and "If you Go" are broken up.
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Book review: If You Go, Alice Robinson

The relationships between mothers and children are explored in a futuristic setting.

Ella Pilson

Jul 16, 2024
The Next Big Thing. Image on the left is an author shot from the waist up of a smiling bearded man with dark hair, wearing an open necked white shirt and dark jacket, with crossed arms. On the right is the book cover which has the title in big pink upper case letters over an orange and yellow illustration of a boy and a girl holding up the letters of the title, with some Australian big things in the background - a Merino sheep, a pineapple and a prawn.
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Book review: The Next Big Thing, James Colley

Easy beach read romcom is quintessentially Australian in flavour.

Ella Pilson

Feb 8, 2024
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Book review: Clarke, Holly Throsby

A work of crime fiction that spends as much time developing its characters as it does with progressing the plot.

Ella Pilson

Dec 5, 2022
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Performance review: SWAMP

Australian wildlife as played out in dark and violent puppetry.

Ella Pilson

Nov 21, 2022
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