Jennifer Mills

@jennifermills.net.au

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Writer, reader. On Kaurna land. Books incl SALVAGE, A Concise Compendium of Wonder, The Airways, Dyschronia &c Chair @asauthors.bsky.social, opinions my own

A rainbow in a blue sky over suburban rooftops, criss-crossed with power lines
A woodcut in the press bed with the printed paper being lifted away
Proof press all set up
Rusty press bed
A small cast iron printing press looking a bit rusty and neglected, bits of furniture and rugs in background
A black and white book cover with some portrait photos of men and the title BARNACLES AND PARASITES - independent members of the south australian parliament, 1927-1970
A black radish on a chopping board with a little knife beside it
Adelaide rosella on a front fence
A message from the Creators Group
Incredibly good looking blue heeler lying curled up on a mat looking damp and giving side eye
A blue heeler curled up fast asleep
A blue heeler standing between me and the football
A lot of smiling blue heeler faces coming out of a pill bottle. Labeled “antidepressants”
Your gas account Final bill
A bright orangey-red parasitic wasp strolls nonchalantly across my laptop’s trackpad
A blue heeler, eyes closed, resting her head on an unopened book on my lap in the sunshine
Screenshot of my website with the heading “cultural policy submission time!”
Laden olive branches on a wooden table
A page from David Malouf’s An Imaginary Life: “But I know now that this is the way. Slowly I begin the final metamorphosis. I must drive out my old self and let the universe in. The creatures will come creeping back—not as gods transmogrified, but as themselves. Beaked, furred, fanged, tusked, clawed, hooved, snouted, they will settle in us, re-entering their old lives deep in our consciousness. And after them, the plants, also themselves. Then we shall begin to take back into ourselves the lakes, the rivers, the oceans of the earth, its plains, its forested crags with their leaps of snow. Then little by little, the firmament. The spirit of things will migrate back into us. We shall be whole. Only then will we have some vision of our true body as men.”
Home made sourdough
Incredibly good looking blue heeler standing on a mound of seagrass (posidonia australis) on a rainy beach
In response to the email, department executive Clare Mockler thanked Mr Hobba for his "comprehensive consideration" and asked him for his "assessment" of other invited writers "that would fall into the category, on either side of the discourse, whose inclusion could be deemed as contrary to supporting community cohesion".
A fresh batch of sourdough hot cross buns
A paper program for Constellations with lots of events listed. Beside it a newspaper opinion headline complains of “the sheer audacity of these whiny writers”
A bowl of slightly wonky homegrown figs
A protest on Kaurna Yarta on the steps of parliament. A sign in the foreground quotes Randa Abdel-Fattah: “Please remember that the genocide of Palestinians continues and that all of this is a smokescreen. I am not the story. Palestine is.”
A table of books with a sign that says Tribute to the Authors
Author Jen Mills and the Margot half of PSP holding books and smiling in a v cute office
Books & Beers A literary tasting sensation with Alex Cothren, Jennifer Mills, Jake Dean, Amy Matthews & Andrew Roff Thursday 26 Feburary, 6.30 pm Brightstar Brewing | $15
Me and my dog in an AAP article about the economic impact of Adelaide Writers Week being cancelled
He said he did not "take responsibility for" AWW's cancellation. "That's a function of a bunch of authors making their own decisions and Louise Adler and her role in that," Mr Malinauskas said.
Harry Hartog + Berkelouw books workers’ strike - sat 13 Dec 12pm outside berkelouw leichhardt. Poster shows a bunch of bookshop workers with raised fists
Blue heeler stretched out in yet another weird position on a rug
Moth on my fingertips, from above they look like a dry gum leaf
Me in a room full of chairs
Blue heeler lying on her back on the floor in front of some bookshelves
A close up showing the corners of three stacked notebooks, red and black
Ginger biscuits, iced to resemble cute ghosts, skulls and algae
A poster for The Childhood of the World, white text on a plain black background, is displayed on the wall inside Waterside Workers Hall. Brooms, lights, and a stage in the background. A smaller plywood structure is just visible to one side.
A rose in pink and yellow ombre, blooming outrageously
RALLY AGAINST RACISM on Kaurna yarta. 11:30 SUNDAY 19th OCT - TARNTANYANGGA (VIC SQ)
Canberra Writers Festival SALVAGING THE EARTH? WITH OMAR EL AKKAD, JENNIFER MILLS, MADELEINE WATTS SUN 26 OCT 11:00 AM LOWITJA O'DONOGHUE CULTURAL CENTRE | AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
DOG-EARED READINGS Fiona Kelly McGregor in conversation with Jennifer Mills Ken Bolton Olivia De Zilva At The MONOCLE at THE HOWLING OWL 23rd October 2025 6.30pm Vaugh Pl Adelaide
Bikini Kill - Bruce Springsteen - Sister Rosetta Tharpe - PJ Harvey records
A somewhat insouciant possum walks along a railing in fromt of a river, trees and a city in background
Creative sector made up 2.5% of Australia's GDP in 2023/24, delivering $67bn to economy
Willow, a blue heeler, lying upside down
Large jar of green olives labelled “future martinis”
A metal fence, bent wide open, wrapped in yellow caution tape. Classroom building behind.
A stack of Meanjin issues that contain my fiction and non-fiction
Royal Adelaide Show results listing a dog named “KYLOTT WARLUST RAMPAGE”
A blue heeler with a highly affronted expression
Screenshot of the ABC listen app, The Bookshelf: dystopia with a twist
COMPASS OF SHAME A compass rose with eight points: WITHDRAWAL WINE MUM ATTACK SELF SCROLL HOLE AVOIDANCE KEYBOARD WARRIOR ATTACK OTHERS THE COMMENTS. Four of these were added in.
Four writers on a stage
Blue heeler sweetly curled up in her bed, crossed by a narrow beam of winter sunlight
Myself and Geordie Williamson on stage at Fullers Bookshop
Blue heeler with a looped rope in her mouth, teeth showing. Bit of my hand in foreground
A dead stingray on a beach at dawn.
Screenshot of article headline with detail from Agnes Goodsir’s painting ‘Girl with Cigarette’ Dangerously Modern - Jennifer Mills - This major new exhibition of Australian women modernists is a history of heroic self-authorship, and of erasure.