Ella Pilson, Author at ArtsHub Australia

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's Latest Articles

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.

Book review: The Next Big Thing, James Colley

Easy beach read romcom is quintessentially Australian in flavour.

Ella Pilson

Feb 8, 2024

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

Performance review: SWAMP

Australian wildlife as played out in dark and violent puppetry.

Ella Pilson

Nov 21, 2022

Book review: How Many More Women?, Jennifer Robinson and Keina Yoshida

An examination of the sexual violence against women and the legal system that inhibits and denies justice.

Ella Pilson

Nov 14, 2022

Theatre review: Nu-Disco!

A one-woman show that runs through a host of contemporary issues while lost in the thralls of a nightclub.

Ella Pilson

Oct 25, 2022

Theatre review: Ethel Mermaid: Songs in the Key of Sea

An amazing splash of talent at Melbourne Fringe Festival.

Ella Pilson

Oct 25, 2022

Book review: Childhood, Shannon Burns

Shannon Burns’ raw memoir balances eloquence with visceral experience.

Ella Pilson

Oct 17, 2022