Brendan Ryan (born 4 December 1963) is a present-day Australian poet.
Ryan's poetry, reviews and essays have appeared in journals and newspapers, including The Best Australian Poems series (Black Inc).
Of his four collections of poetry – Why I Am Not a Farmer, 2000, A Paddock in His Head, 2007, A Tight Circle, 2008, Travelling through the Family, 2012, and Small Town Soundtrack in 2015 – A Paddock in his Head was shortlisted for the 2008 ACT Poetry Prize and Travelling Through the Family (Hunter Publishers) for the 2014 Victorian Premier's Awards.
[3] A piece by Ryan was a rare inclusion of poetry in a 2016 non-fiction book by Don Watson entitled A Single Tree; a book which was widely lauded for insights into rural Australian life over a long period.
In a live presentation in Port Fairy in 2022, Ryan referred to a new collection in progress called 'Escape to the Country' which may have been this title.