Brendan Ryan lives in Geelong. His poetry, reviews and essays have been published in literary journals and newspapers, including Contemporary Australian Poetry (Puncher and Wattman) and The Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry. Critical essays on his poetry have appeared in The Age and Fishing for Lightning (UQP) by Sarah Holland-Batt. The author of seven collections of poetry, his memoir, Walk Like a Cow, was published in 2020 by Walleah Press. His latest collection of poetry is Feldspar, published by Recent Work Press 2023. His New & Selected Poems will be published in 2025 with Recent Work Press.