Liam Blackford is a West Australian writer and poet currently based in Perth and previously in Shanghai and Hong Kong. His work has appeared in Overland, Asian Cha, Apocalypse Confidential, No More Poetry, Spectra, and Neo-Passéism.
His first poetry collection A Gateway Has Opened was a finalist in the Proverse Prize 2020 and was published in 2021 by Proverse Hong Kong. His subsequent collection No Freedom Too Total was a finalist in the prize in 2023 and was published in 2024 by Private Reality. The Stud is his first novel.
