Michael Byrne

Michael Byrne is an Australian poet, community journalist, reviewer, anthologist and freelance poetry tutor. He was born in Sydney in 1978. He spent his early childhood in Tuross Head on the New South Wales South Coast, and came to Canberra in 1987. He holds an Arts degree from the Australian National University and a Masters in Journalism from the University of Wollongong.

His poetry has featured in literary journals such as Quadrant, Blast, Social Alternatives and Voiceworks, in anthologies such as On Common Water, The Best Australian Poetry 2009 and The Indigo Book of Australian Prose Poems, on community radio programs such as Soundprint and Words Apart and at events such as Floriade, the ANU Poets Luncheon and Verse in the Vines.