Andrew Burke (poet)
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Andrew Burke (born 1944 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a contemporary Australian writer.
His poetry has been included in Western Australian and Australian anthologies. Also collections of poems exist online
Early in his working life, Burke pursued a career in advertising as a copywriter and Creative Director, switching to academia as a literature and creative writing lecturer in middle age. He has lectured in Australia and China, and read his poetry to audiences of all ages in the United Kingdom, Singapore, China, and throughout Australia.
His poetry has been included in Western Australian and Australian anthologies. Also collections of poems exist online
Early in his working life, Burke pursued a career in advertising as a copywriter and Creative Director, switching to academia as a literature and creative writing lecturer in middle age. He has lectured in Australia and China, and read his poetry to audiences of all ages in the United Kingdom, Singapore, China, and throughout Australia.
Works
- 1975 Let's face the music & dance : poems Subiaco, W.A.: Peter Jeffery
- 1983 On the tip of my tongue Fremantle, W.A.:Fremantle Arts Centre PressFremantle Arts Centre PressFremantle Press is an independent publisher in Western Australia. Fremantle Press was established by the Fremantle Arts Centre in 1976...
(Shoreline poetry series number 6) ISBN 0909144753 - 1992 Mother waits for father late Fremantle, W.A.: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, ISBN 1863680144
- (reprinted in 2010) by Picaro Press, Warners Bay, N.S.W. ISBN 978-1-920957-97-1
- 1996 Pushing at silence Applecross, W.A.: Folio (Salt), ISBN 0646297511
- 2001 Whispering Gallery Cottesloe, W.A.: Sunline Press, ISBN 0957951507
- 2003 Knock on wood : and other poems Warners Bay, N.S.W. : Picara Press, Wagtail (series), 1444-8424; 18
- 2009 Beyond City Limits International Centre for Landscape and Language, Edith Cowan University, Mt Lawley, W.A. ISBN 978-0-646-52005-6