Liam Blackford

Liam Blackford (Instagram @ravemondfracas) is a West Australian poet, writer and lawyer living and working in Hong Kong. He is of millennial age. He was born and grew up in suburban Perth. He has previously lived and worked in Perth and Shanghai. He writes poetry in English and Chinese. He holds a degree in law and philosophy. He is a member of the LGBT+ community. His poems are written in a fixed form and meter and are concerned with themes of truth and reality, complexity and change, anxiety and rage, and power and control. He writes on topics including internet culture, law, philosophy, religion, technology, literature and music. His poetry collection A Gateway Has Opened was published in 2021 by Proverse Hong Kong with the support of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.