Rosalind McFarlane holds a PhD from Monash University (with a dissertation on Asian Australian poetry), having completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Western Australia. She has been a part of several publications, most notably Verge, Pelican Student Newspaper, and the Perth-based dotdotdash. In 2018, she was commissioning editor (collaborations) at Cordite Poetry Review and worked with international students at Monash University.