Author Talk - Meet Michael Burge with Central Coast Reads

Michael Burge is a journalist, author, publisher and artist who lives at Deepwater on Ngarrabul Country in the New England region of NSW.

His debut novel Tank Water and its sequel Dirt Trap are a rural noir storytelling cycle about homophobia and justice in the bush.

A graduate of Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art, he has also edited and written for Fairfax Media, Australian Community Media, Intermedia, United News & Media UK and News Corporation. He is a board member of the BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival and a member of the Australian Crime Writers Association.


Books will be available for sale at the event with Book Face Erina joining us for the morning. A morning tea will be available after the event, with thanks to Brentwood Village.

Tickets are FREE thanks to the partnership between Words on the Waves and Keyton/Brentwood Village, as well as our wonderful team of volunteers who help with these events. The cafe will be open prior to the event if you want to grab a coffee to bring in with you.

As part of Words on the Waves Writers Festival we have introduced Central Coast Reads, a community-wide reading program consisting of book clubs and author talks. The aim is to not only encourage reading and social and human connections through a love of books, but also to establish the Central Coast region as a region of ‘readers’ on the cultural map of Australia.

You may also like the following events from Words on the Waves Writers Festival:

• Next month, 14th November, 11:45 pm, Words at Pearls – a one-day literary celebration in Umina Beach
• Next month, 27th November, 09:00 am, Late Night Lit – poetry, literary readings & other surprises in Ettalong Beach

Also check out other Arts events in Avoca Beach, Literary Art events in Avoca Beach, Festivals in Avoca Beach.