Ben Hession is a Wollongong based writer. His poetry has been published in Eureka Street, International Chinese Language Forum, Cordite Poetry Review, Verity La, Mascara Literary Review, Bluepepper and the Live Poets anthology Can I Tell You A Secret? His poem 'A Song of Numbers' was shortlisted for the 2013 Australian Poetry Science Poetry Prize. He has also written music articles, and recently, for Verity La. He is involved with community broadcasting as well.