Ben Walter
@benwaltez.bsky.social
Writer in Lutruwita/Tasmania. Author of What Fear Was, Lithosphere. Walkley winner. Former Fiction Editor, Island. Words in The Kenyon Review, 3:AM Magazine, Poetry Ireland Review.
Experiments | Stories | Essays | Nature writing
https://ben-walter.com/
Experiments | Stories | Essays | Nature writing
https://ben-walter.com/
We got the kids up. We’re all out here lying on the grass in the Huon…
January 20, 2026 at 12:13 PM
We got the kids up. We’re all out here lying on the grass in the Huon…
It always used to die around 4pm on Christmas eve at Fullers. We would be delirious, basically.
December 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
It always used to die around 4pm on Christmas eve at Fullers. We would be delirious, basically.
wish I could have been there!
December 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
wish I could have been there!
Martin, I feel Catri's excellent long form piece (which James mentions in the review) provides a couple of useful angles on why this might be important?
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Critic Swallows Book | Sydney Review of Books
To call into question the literary value of Dalton’s fiction is not to disqualify the pleasure and imaginative release that hundreds of thousands of readers have found in his novels, especially Boy Sw...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Martin, I feel Catri's excellent long form piece (which James mentions in the review) provides a couple of useful angles on why this might be important?
sydneyreviewofbooks.com/reviews/crit...
sydneyreviewofbooks.com/reviews/crit...
What if the Tim Tams are being reframed by the industry as that very Michelin dessert?
December 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
What if the Tim Tams are being reframed by the industry as that very Michelin dessert?
It's just so naive. What on earth does she think is going to happen when the costs blow out?
December 3, 2025 at 5:38 AM
It's just so naive. What on earth does she think is going to happen when the costs blow out?
Thanks Andrew, appreciate you listening!
December 3, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Thanks Andrew, appreciate you listening!
congratulations Jake but also damn I feel you on this...
October 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
congratulations Jake but also damn I feel you on this...
I don't honestly know that it's ebooks? (though that might be part of it). I tend to think people are attracted now to books that seem 'manageable', which may be a time thing, or concentration, or both, or everything else...
October 28, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I don't honestly know that it's ebooks? (though that might be part of it). I tend to think people are attracted now to books that seem 'manageable', which may be a time thing, or concentration, or both, or everything else...
oh yeah tell me about it! :) I struggle with a clear anything.
October 28, 2025 at 4:32 AM
oh yeah tell me about it! :) I struggle with a clear anything.
They're not accepting scripts.
October 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
They're not accepting scripts.
Yeah there are a few about. Samantha Harvey too...
October 23, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Yeah there are a few about. Samantha Harvey too...
Yeah I dunno. I guess it depends on the book? I think publishers used to find this length hard to market, especially cause you couldn't publish it in trade pb, but maybe the vibe on that is changing...
October 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Yeah I dunno. I guess it depends on the book? I think publishers used to find this length hard to market, especially cause you couldn't publish it in trade pb, but maybe the vibe on that is changing...
So probably straightforward novellas and nonfiction that they happen to like?
October 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
So probably straightforward novellas and nonfiction that they happen to like?
For narrative non-fiction, we welcome projects that combine a distinctive perspective with narrative drive. This may include essays, memoir or reportage, as long as the writing is compelling and original.
October 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
For narrative non-fiction, we welcome projects that combine a distinctive perspective with narrative drive. This may include essays, memoir or reportage, as long as the writing is compelling and original.
I saw it in LinkedIn originally - the only extra there was:
We are looking for bold storytelling: work with a clear beginning, middle and end, and characters that stay with you long after you finish reading.
We are looking for bold storytelling: work with a clear beginning, middle and end, and characters that stay with you long after you finish reading.
October 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I saw it in LinkedIn originally - the only extra there was:
We are looking for bold storytelling: work with a clear beginning, middle and end, and characters that stay with you long after you finish reading.
We are looking for bold storytelling: work with a clear beginning, middle and end, and characters that stay with you long after you finish reading.
It's definitely a challenge. I'm going for prestige over cash for broader goals, but it's not ultimately sustainable.
When I started writing essays, I was surprised to realise the market is no better than it is for fiction. What are Aeon's rates like?
When I started writing essays, I was surprised to realise the market is no better than it is for fiction. What are Aeon's rates like?
October 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
It's definitely a challenge. I'm going for prestige over cash for broader goals, but it's not ultimately sustainable.
When I started writing essays, I was surprised to realise the market is no better than it is for fiction. What are Aeon's rates like?
When I started writing essays, I was surprised to realise the market is no better than it is for fiction. What are Aeon's rates like?