Matthew Hall holds a PhD from the University of Western Australia, where he wrote on the poetry of J H Prynne. Cambridge Scholars released his monograph Violence in the Work of J H Prynne in 2015. He is also the author of the poetry collections Hyaline, Distant Songs, and Royal Jelly. He teaches at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia and is the longstanding scholarly editor at Cordite Poetry Review.