Maria McMillanMaria McMillan

Maria McMillan is mostly of Scottish, English and Southland ancestry. She lives on the Kāpiti Coast, is a dormant activist and an active poet, and works as an information architect. www.mariamcmillan.weebly.com

Out of this world and into another: The Absolute Book, reviewed

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‘The beautiful are cruel, the cruel are sad, the demons are capable of good.’ Maria McMillan reviews the new novel by Elizabeth Knox, bound to be one of the year’s biggest local releases.  Elizabeth Knox’s The Absolute Book has an awful lot going on. I’m still working it out. It’s a story about Taryn Cornick … Read more

Before the walls too were stolen from us: a personal essay on the monopoly of Phantom Billstickers

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A personal essay by Maria McMillan on the monopoly of Phantom Billstickers.  “…if they were all putting up their own posters it would be mayhem.” RNZ,  November 30, 2015.  “We’ve been putting the New Zealand voice out there for some time.” NZ Book Awards website, March 21, 2016.  Quotes from Jim Wilson, founder of Phantom … Read more