Liam Ferney is a Brisbane poet whose work has been published widely in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. His first collection of poetry, Popular Mechanics (Interactive Press), was published in 2004.[1]
His second collection, Career was published in 2011 by Vagabond Press. The volume collects poems Ferney wrote while working as an English teacher in South Korea in 2002.
After completing high school at Villanova College, he earned a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in English and Journalism at the University of Queensland.
His influences include John Forbes, Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery, JH Prynne and Ted Neilsen.
In addition to writing poetry he has also written a number of reviews and articles on Pam Brown and Adam Aitken and John Ashbery He is former editor of online journal Cordite and an Associate Editor of papertiger. He currently lives in Brisbane and is completing his second collection. He works in politics.