Jason Beale is a writer from Melbourne. His poems have appeared in the journals Bluepepper, Meniscus and Quadrant among others, as well as in the anthologies Grieve, Poetry d’Amour, and Poetica Christi. A chapbook titled ‘Be Quiet About Love’ was published by Picaro Poets in 2023, and his writing was longlisted in the Flying Islands Poetry Manuscript Competition 2024.