Hi, my name’s Sophie Benjamin and I’m a writer & new-media journalist based in Brisbane, Australia. I study journalism at the Queensland University of Technology, write for Rave Magazine and Who The Hell & freelance here and there. When I’m not doing any of that, I play guitar, go to gigs, read and skateboard badly.More on me and my work.Read my blog.See my photography.Follow me on Twitter. Send me an email.Tumblr (3.0; @sophiebenjamin)http://www.sophiebenjamin.com/<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuzgatvBlU1qzahcqo1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Break Even, Melbourne January 2010.</p>http://www.sophiebenjamin.com/post/292707880http://www.sophiebenjamin.com/post/292707880Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:28:00 +1000photo<p><ul> <li> <a href="http://www.afasterhorseblog.posterous.com" target="_blank"><i>“A Faster Horse” </i></a>- a series of podcasts and multimedia material supported by the Queensland State Library’s digital culture centre, <a href="http://www.edgeqld.org.au" target="_blank">The Edge</a>. </li> </ul></p>http://www.sophiebenjamin.com/post/236654023http://www.sophiebenjamin.com/post/236654023Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:59:00 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksrx1gybT61qzahcqo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sunset over the observatory, Middle Island.</p>http://www.sophiebenjamin.com/post/236637774http://www.sophiebenjamin.com/post/236637774Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:41:00 +1000photo<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.sophiebenjamin.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/224577819/tumblr_ks5pqnTyMh1qzahcq&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><b>Interview with Jeff Lang for <a target="_blank" href="http://www.abc.net.au/capricornia">ABC Capricornia</a></b></p> <p>I spoke with Jeff Lang ahead of his gig at Island Pizza, a pizza cafe on nearby Great Keppel Island. He’s currently touring in support of his new album <i>Chimeradour</i>, which is actually pretty great.</p>http://www.sophiebenjamin.com/post/224577819http://www.sophiebenjamin.com/post/224577819Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:35:00 +1000audio<p><a href="http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/16556/30/" target="_blank">Tex Perkins (Rave Magazine)</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/16674/192/" target="_blank">Lola the Vamp (Rave Magazine)</a></p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/18009/30/">Karnivool (Rave Magazine)</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/view/18467/30/" target="_blank">The Paper and The Plane (Rave Magazine)</a></p> <p><a href="http://is.gd/7p5PA" target="_blank">TEDx Brisbane (Rave Magazine)</a></p>http://www.sophiebenjamin.com/post/173653721http://www.sophiebenjamin.com/post/173653721Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:08:00 +1000text<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksrwqjAUQn1qzahcqo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dirty paws from exploring.</p>http://www.sophiebenjamin.com/post/236631879http://www.sophiebenjamin.com/post/236631879Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:56:00 +1000photo<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.sophiebenjamin.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/177413509/tumblr_kpbcg29Pxl1qzahcq&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><b>Interview with Tori Amos for <a target="_blank" href="http://www.4zzzfm.org.au">4ZzZ FM</a><br/></b></p> <p>Tori Amos is my favourite musician and it was an absolute thrill to interview her. We had a chat about touring, her little girl and her upcoming solstice album.</p>http://www.sophiebenjamin.com/post/177413509http://www.sophiebenjamin.com/post/177413509Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000audio<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksrx81qkjI1qzahcqo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My brother.</p>http://www.sophiebenjamin.com/post/236641402http://www.sophiebenjamin.com/post/236641402Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:45:00 +1000photo<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksrwu88omK1qzahcqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jeff Lang at Great Keppel Island.</p>http://www.sophiebenjamin.com/post/236633920http://www.sophiebenjamin.com/post/236633920Tue, 08 Nov 2005 14:37:00 +1000photo