Media and Reviews

Interviews

‘Durian: The King of All Fruits Despite Its Unique Odour’. Interview with N. Scott. The Daily, 2SER 107.3 Community Radio, Sydney, Australia, Jul. 24, 2024 [link]

 

Plant Intelligence. Interview with S. Gougoulis. Weekend Breakfast, Triple J, ABC Radio, Australia, Jun. 24, 2023
 
‘Are Plants Intelligent?’ Interview with M. Bekoff. Psychology Today, Dec. 16, 2021 [link]

‘A Conversation with John C. Ryan’ by L. Frick. CutBank Literary Journal, Jul. 27, 2020 [link]

‘Perth’s Brief Abalone Season is a Time of Delicacies and Danger’, SBS News, Dec. 7, 2018 [link]

Radio Interview, The Language of Plants. Blueprint for Living, ABC Radio National, Aug. 2017 [listen]

Interview, What is Ecopoetics? Writer’s Edit, 2015 [read]



Reviews

The Language of Plants mentioned in ‘17 Fantastic Gifts for Plant Lovers’ by M. Cullen, The New York Times – Wirecutter, Dec. 14, 2022 [link]

‘Review of A. Hubbell and J. Ryan’s Introduction to the Environmental Humanities’ by R. Giblett. Ecocene: Cappadocia Journal of Environmental Humanities, vol. 3, no. 2 (2022): 149–53 [link]

‘Crowded Waters: A Pedagogical Review of Recent Environmental Humanities Introductory Texts’ by L. Rodewald. The Journal of Environmental Education, vol. 53, iss. 4 (2022): 221–230 [link]

‘Review of The Mind of Plants: Scholars, Mystics and Activists Explore the Profound Awareness of Plants’ by R. Tindall. Lucid News, Jun. 16, 2022 [link]

‘Review: Plants in Contemporary Poetry’ by E. Mason. Green Letters: Studies in Ecocriticism, vol. 24, iss. 1 (2020): 90–92 [link]

‘Review: Pagpapaamo sa Apokalipsis: Isang Rebyu ng Southeast Asian Ecocriticism: Theories, Practices, Prospects’ by Timothy F. Ong. Katipunan, no. 4 (2019): 237–242 [link]

‘Review: Plants in Contemporary Poetry’ by J. Nichols. ASAP (Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present) Journal, 31 Jan. 2019 [link]

‘Review: The Language of Plants: Science, Philosophy, Literature (eds. M. Gagliano, J. Ryan, & P. Vieira)’ by B. Vogt. Great Plains Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, 2017, 221–222 [link]

‘Review: The Language of Plants: Science, Philosophy, Literature (eds. M. Gagliano, J. Ryan, & P. Vieira)’ by D. Keetley. ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, vol. 24, no. 3 (2017), 599–601 [link]

‘Review: The Language of Plants: Science, Philosophy, Literature (eds. M. Gagliano, J. Ryan, & P. Vieira)’ by J.W. Dauben. American Library Association: Choice, vol. 55, no. 3 (2017): 368–369 [link]

‘Review: John Charles Ryan (ed.), Southeast Asian Ecocriticism: Theories, Practices, Prospects’ by A. Yeow. SARE: Southeast Asian Review of English, vol. 54, iss. 2 (2017): 27–30 [link]

‘The Language of Plants Review: What We Can Learn from Our Vegetal Friends’ by F. Capp. The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 Oct. 2017 [link]

‘The Language of Plants Examines Nature’s Complexities’ by S. Caterson. The Weekend Australian, 16–17 Sept. 2017 [link]

‘What is the True Language of Plants’ by Nigel Chaffey. Botany One, Nov. 9, 2017 [link]

‘Review: The Green Thread: Dialogues With the Vegetal World (eds. P. Vieira, M. Gagliano, & J. Ryan)' by M.W. Sivils. ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, vol. 23, no. 3 (2016): 642–643 [link]

‘Plant Power: A New Project is Recording the Cultural Value of Plants’. Australian Geographic (Text and Photos by J. Ryan), March/April Issue, 2016, 21 [link]

‘The Ubiquitous Century: Music and the Digital Arts’: Review of Digital Arts: An Introduction to New Media (C. Hope & J. Ryan)' by S. MacArthur. Musicology Australia, vol. 37, no. 1 (2015): 76–84 [link]

‘Review of Green Sense: The Aesthetics of Plants, Place and Language’ by Barbara Holloway. AJE: The Australasian Journal of Ecocriticism and Cultural Ecology, vol. 4 (2015): 1–3 [link]

‘Review of Green Sense: The Aesthetics of Plants, Place and Language’ by R. Aitken. Australian Garden History, vol. 25, iss. 3 (2014): 23 [link]

‘Review: Two with Nature’. The West Australian, 1 Jan. 2013 [link]

‘The Performing West: Review of Performance Poets: Fremantle Poets’ by J. Rodriguez. Australian Poetry, 11 Dec. 2013 [link]

‘Review Short: Ellen Hickman and John Ryan’s Two with Nature’ by R. McFarlane. Cordite Poetry Review, 1 June 2013 [link]

‘Review of Ellen Hickman and John Ryan’s Two with Nature’. Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, 2013 [link]

‘A Fusion of Art and Science: Review of Ellen Hickman and John Ryan’s Two with Nature’ by P. B. Adams, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, 2013 [link]

‘Literary Symbiosis: Review of Two with Nature’ by L. Newell. Albany Advertiser, 25 Oct. 2012 [link]

Launch of Two with Nature at Edith Cowan University by Poet Andrew Taylor. 8 Nov. 2012 [link]

‘Albany Botanist’s Art Featured in Book’ by L. Newell. Albany Advertiser: The Extra, 23 Nov. 2012 [link]

‘Two with Nature: Meet the Author Event at Genesis’. 2012 [link]    

Short Review in Gleebooks Gleaner, vol 19, no. 10 (2012): 27 [link]

Two with Nature Media Release, Fremantle Press, Dec. 2012 [link]