Andrew Burke poet from Australia was born in 1944 has 80 years. Poems were written mainly in English language. Dominant movement is other.
Biography
Andrew Burke is a contemporary Australian writer.
His poetry has been included in Western Australian and Australian anthologies.
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.
Andrew Burke has had five collections of poetry published, and has also had short plays on the boards, songs on CD, and short stories and less reliable prose published in magazines and fish'n'chip wrappings. He has been a guest of many universities and festivals, favourite among them being Singapore Writers Festival, Wagga Wagga Writers Writers, and Canberra's Poetry Festival. He is presently working on a PhD at Edith Cowan University where he also does some teaching. He has also just begun Smokebush Press which published its first title - The Iron Night by Ross Bolleter - in March 2004. ..
