Thank you to everyone that came along to Words & Music this year at Newcastle’s Conservatorium of Music. Another stunning line-up of readings and songs. Always so inspiring to be in the presence of such powerful storytellers. I have some exciting plans for next year. #Writing #Reading #Books 📚

Was lovely to be a part of the “Pushing the Boundaries” panel talk with moderator Nina Cullen, and authors Cadence Bell and Yumna Kassab. Was my first opportunity to discuss my new book Guardian. Thanks to @newwritersfest.bsky.social for having me. #NWF2026 #Books #Author #Writing #Fiction

NEW SUBSTACK! My chat with NATHAN HUDSON of FAKER ahead of the band's long-awaited reunion tour after 13 years in the wilderness. New single. New record. New tour. New era. READ HERE! bit.ly/4sn6gm9 And please let me know what you think. #Music #MusicSky #Faker #AussieMusic #OzRock #RockMusic

WORDS & MUSIC returns in 2026! I have the pleasure of curating this event for @newwritersfest.bsky.social each year. Songwriters like Urthboy, Liz Stringer etc will perform original works inspired by books, poems etc. Sat, Mar 28 at the Conservatorium. TIX HERE: bit.ly/3Mf5dFz #BookSky #MusicSky

Happy birthday to the great David Lynch. We all miss you. #DavidLynch #Movies #Film

Been a horror week! #Letterboxd #LastFourWatched #FilmSky #Horror #Movies #Film 📽️🎥 @letterboxd.social @pt.letterboxd.social #TheBoneTemple

JACK LADDER GOES TO LA There's a fresh feature on my #Substack. Jack Ladder talks his eighth album in North Hollywood with members of Elton John's and Bonnie Raitt's bands. Please like and share. nickmilliganwriter.substack.com/p/jack-ladde... #Music #Songwriting #AusMusic #Sydney #MusicSky 🎵

DINGOES FACE EXTINCTION Georgie Purcell MP: "A critically endangered population of dingoes may now be extinct due to the severity of the Wyperfeld bushfires. We must save this genetically distinct population before they are gone forever. HELP 👇 #AusPol #VicBushfires #SpringSt #VicPol #Dingoes

TOP 10 OF 2025! Here’s my fave movies from last year. Hopefully you find something you like. Please like and share, thank you. ❤️🎥 Let’s connect on Substack. #Films #Movies #FilmReview #Substack #Cinema #Horror #Letterboxd #Documentary #Hollywood #Actors #Blogs #FilmHistory

BEST MOVIES OF 2025 Time to once again count down my favourite movies of the year. But for the very first time on Substack! Here’s numbers 20 to 11, with the rest to follow. Please like and subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/nickmill... #Film #Movies #Cinema #FilmsofBsky 📽️ #FilmReviews #Substack

I’m on Substack! Did I mention that already? Would be rad if you liked and subscribed and all that. I just put up my chat with Suzy Eddie Izzard ahead of her big visit to Australia next year. open.substack.com/pub/nickmill... #EddieIzzard #Substack #Comedy #Theatre #Entertainment #Comedian

It’s chilling to see people celebrate the repeal of the brumby protection act. The last round of aerial shooting was unadulterated barbarism. Populations can he reduced to zero through non-lethal, humane means. This also adheres to moral and logical consistency. www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12...

Lachlan X. Morris is pushing back on the status quo of streaming. And others will follow. Convenience is killing art. A brief essay on why art should be inconvenient. open.substack.com/pub/nickmill...

Hey friends, Anyone on Substack? I’ve decided to give the platform a go as the main outlet for my reviews, essays and fiction etc. Let’s connect if you’re on there. #Substack substack.com/@nickmilliga...

SPRING HARMIVAL 🥳 "Spring Carnival" = animal abuse, gambling harm, alcoholism, family and domestic violence, and wasted public funds. Join us in saying "Nup to the Cup" once again. #Auspol #AusPol25 #AnimalWelfare #MelbourneCup #NuptotheCup #AnimalRights #HorseRacing #Horses #Gambling

NUP TO THE CUP 🛑 175 dead horses. According to an annual report*, one horse died on average every two days during the 24/25 racing season. 85 horses died following injuries to their front limbs, including fractures to the humerus, carpus, knee and sesamoid bone. #NuptotheCup #MelbourneCup #Horse

🌱 Happy World Vegan Day! 💚 Today we celebrate the incredible compassion of vegans around the world, and we honor those we fight for. 🐷🐮🐰🐶🦊🐯 Together we are their voice. Together we are shaping a future that can only be vegan. 💚🌍✌️ ⁠ #vegan #veganism #veganfortheanimals

Bugonia is the Misery of our times, about the misery of our times. #Bugonia #Filmsky 🎥📽️ #Movies #Film #Cinema

I spoke with Hollywood legend and writer Griffin Dunne (nephew of John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion) ahead of his visit to Newcastle this month. Here’s a taste. Grab your tickets, Novocastrians! @newwritersfest.bsky.social #books #writing #movies #Hollywood #JoanDidion youtu.be/u9TCsNoUJ_c?...

what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.

Shame no one ever told Bob Katter about the “Streisand effect”. #AusPol #AusPol25 #BobKatter

If you love animals or live with a furry family member, I recommend joining the AJP. It’s fun + rewarding to be a member of a political party that cares about welfare, climate, housing & human rights. Just $44 p/y, or $5 to join the Young AJP (29 & under). No obligations. Just supports their work.

LIFE IN CONFINEMENT Hens spend their 18 months of life crammed into tiny battery cages to produce eggs for human consumption. No sunlight. No room to move. We are in parliament pushing the NSW govt to commit to a phase-out date. But we need your help. PLS SIGN & SHARE: bit.ly/3IIpNf4 #AusPol

SEA HORSES RELEASED Good news story! Over 1200 White's seahorses liberated in Port Stephens - believed to be the largest release in the world. They'll live in “hotels” that provide safety for a species decimated by major flooding events on the East Coast. #MarineLife #AnimalWelfare #Wildlife

Was on ABC 1233 this morning chatting #Fantastic4 and the #BillyJoel ‘And So it Goes’ doco. Download the ABC Listen app to hear the replay. My segment is always about two hours in. #Fantastic4FirstSteps #MCU @abcnewsbot.bsky.social

‪"VIRTUAL FENCING" = SHOCK COLLARS ⚡ Don't let the jargon fool you. The NSW Govt plans to reverse bans on shock collars to allow their use on farmed animals. Yes. Seriously. Emma Hurst MP is fighting the reintroduction of this cruel device. PLEASE SIGN OUR PETITION: bit.ly/44ZdcM3 #AusPol

Unearthed footage that Fox News refused to air during the election last year shows Trump nervously refusing to commit to releasing the Epstein files. “I don’t know about Epstein so much as I do the others.”

Had a lovely time at the Australian premiere of #Superman last night. Even met #Krypto the Super Dog. Good boy. Here’s my full review of #Superman2025: boxd.it/agzQnP #FilmSky 🎥📽️ #DCU #JamesGunn #DavidCorenswet #DCUniverse #FilmReview

I’m so stoked to report that #JurassicParkRebirth is a winner. A big-screen popcorn monster movie back-to-basics reset that completely works. It’s a big, dumb, fun jungle survival adventure with laughs and thrills. And dinosaurs! And mutant dinosaurs! Pure. Simple. Classic. Enjoy. 🛥️🦖🦕 #FilmSky 📽️🎥

Australian premiere of #JurassicWorldRebirth. Out Thursday. #FilmSky 📽️🎥

It’s kinda insane to think that it’s 2025 and we still have battery hens in Australia. Unfathomable cruelty. Please sign the below petition. 🙏🏻

Tough choices were made. My top picks for best 10 movies of the 21st Century. @nytimes.com #FilmSky 📽️🎥

Thank you to Universal for the chance to see a preview of M3GAN 2.0 - a raucous sequel to the hit 2022 cyborg slasher. It drops tomorrow. I’ll share some more thoughts once the embargo lifts. #M3gan2 #FilmSky #M3gan #M3ganMovie #SciFi 🎥📽️🦾🤖💁🏼‍♀️

Had a wonderful four days at @sydfilmfest.bsky.social this year. Saw 13 films. Here is my chat on ABC Radio about wicked Ozploitation flick DANGEROUS ANIMALS. With its nasty sense of humour and bravura moments, this bloody flick is a winner. In cinemas now. #FilmSky #SFF #SFF2025 #Horror 📽️ 🎥

MATERIALISTS, Celine Song's follow-up to the stunning Past Lives is a more accessible mainstream love triangle but still rife with insights into human frailty, longing and weighing the heart over the mind. Song finds a sweet spot between nuanced character study and predictable schmaltz. #FIlmSky 📽️🎥

Day 2 of @sydfilmfest.bsky.social 2025 was another pearler. The highlight was Kevin Macdonald’s moving John + Yoko doco, a mosaic time capsule of a film. Breathtaking. Also caught Josh O’Connor in The Mastermind, the intriguing neo-noir Islands and the endearing body horror Together. #FilmSky 📽️🎥

I like to do @sydfilmfest.bsky.social right. Twelve movies in three days. Stay at QT Sydney. Cocktails. Great plant-based food. Treat myself. Films seen so far - Spirit World, Blue Moon (incredible) and Dangerous Animals. Let’s connect on #Letterboxd: boxd.it/1D4Jx #FilmSky 📽️🎥🎞️📸

Loretta Swit has passed, aged 84. Rest in peace, Hot Lips. ❤️ #FilmSky #TVSky 📽️🎥

BRING HER BACK (2025). In Oz we have VERY strict pool fence regulations. ESPECIALLY in a foster home. The Philippous know this. So the only possible interpretation of #BringHerBack is a two-hour PSA about the potential dangers of not having a pool fence - all of this was preventable. #FilmSky 📽️

Questlove’s SLY LIVES! is an overdue homage to the legacy and influence of a musical genius. But the director only views Stone’s career through the ideological prism of his blackness. He asks famous talking heads leading questions to affirm his narrative. Not a “show don’t tell” approach. #FilmSky

Ben 10, Bubbles and Shaggy walk into a bar… you know the rest. Happy birrrrrthday, @loveangelmaddiebby.bsky.social! 🥳😗 ps be assured the Shaggy goatee has already been removed. #CartoonNetwork

I've slept way, way too long on #KurtVonnegut. Going down the rabbit hole. It's imperative I make up for lost time. And so it goes. Cat's Cradle is a work of satirical genius. A metafictional farce about the end of times. Vonnegut builds a fictional nation and religion. LOL funny. #BookSky 📚

Dean Fleischer Camp (Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, my fave movie of 2021) brings a lot of heart to the #LiloandStitch remake. Almost enough to douse my cynicism. Stitch's immortal line, "This is my family. I found it, all on my own...", cut me up all over again. A winner for Disney. #FilmSky 📽️

Incredible news. This amazing event must go on.

Tix locked for the Aussie premiere of Ari Aster's new flick EDDINGTON (2025) at @sydfilmfest.bsky.social. Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone and Austin Butler. Australia is the first to get the film after Cannes. F-yes. SFF keeps delivering the goods. #FilmSky 📽️🎥 #SFF #Eddington

Sign up to my BlueSky posts to find out what costume I'm wearing to @loveangelmaddiebby.bsky.social's birthday bash tomorrow night. Theme: Comedy Network. #ComedyNetwork #TVSky

Our little scruffy man likes to sleep in the front window. This is him stretching and yawning (not roaring, as it appears 😆) after a nap. And, yes, I exclaim “big stretch” every time Jinx stretches. That is mandatory. #CatSky #Ragdoll #CatRescue 🐱🐈‍⬛🐈😻😺😽

Back on air this morning talking movies. Every Friday at 7.35am on ABC 1233. Tune in on the wireless locally or nationally via the ABC Listen app. #FilmSky 🎥📽️

This is how it begins. And it’s overdue.

Wake in Fright meets Long Weekend in Ozploitation homage THE SURFER. While the finale pulls its punches, Cage’s mad descent in the face of tribal surf-gang antagonism is a romp. It’s good vs evil in a sweltering purgatorial car park. Does for Oz tourism what Milat did for backpacking. #FilmSky 📽️🎥