Max Easton

Max Easton is a writer from south-west Sydney. His first novel, The Magpie Wing, was longlisted for the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award, with its acclaimed follow-up, Paradise Estate released in 2023. He is the creator of <>Barely Human, a zine and cassette bootleg series exploring underground music’s ties to counterculture and subculture. His writing has appeared in Mess+Noise, HEAT, Maximum Rocknroll and Sydney Review of Books.