Michael Burge's Blog, page 16

Answers on Questions

THIS week I was asked a set of insightful questionsby journalist Daniel Seed in his interview about my non-fiction debut Questionable Deeds: Making a stand for equal love.Check out the video, which is also available at The Headline Act.Filed under: Books, LGBT Equality, My Story Tagged: Daniel Seed, Homophobia, Marriage Equality, Michael Burge, Questionable Deeds, … Continue reading Answers on Questions

Questionable Deeds in conversation

WHEN I asked Margo Kingston to help me launch my non-fiction debut Questionable Deeds: Making a stand for equal love and my first collection of short stories Closet His, Closet Hers, Tony Abbott was still Prime Minister and marriage equalityremainedon the never never. When we met this week at Avid Reader bookshop in West End, … Continue reading Questionable Deeds in conversation

The writer’s block of E. M. Forster

AFTER spending most of the 1990s living in England, I returned with my husband in the spring of 2014. As soon as we arrived, I navigated whileRichard drove us across the Thames and out of London towards Surrey. After crossing the M25, we were swallowed by the high hedgerows of the Hackhurst Downs, before dropping … Continue reading The writer’s block of E. M. Forster

Audio answers on Questionable Deeds

AN interview with ABC Brisbane 612 community correspondent Rose Lane on the release of my book Questionable Deeds: Making a stand for equal love.Filed under: My Story Tagged: ABC, Interview, Michael Burge, Questionable Deeds, Writer

Shakespeare – a farmer who cultivated words

A Writer explores the rural roots of The Bard. NO writer in the English language ever had his life and times examined as much as William Shakespeare, a native of the rural Warwickshire market town of Stratford-upon-Avon who went on to become the world’s greatest playwright. With few known facts and little primary evidence, speculation … Continue reading Shakespeare – a farmer who cultivated words

Capturing the closet

WE’RE having a right old Hollywood week over here at burgewords. I am in thephase of publishing that most writers hate: the selling. Faced with the question of how to promotea collection of short fiction, I retreated into something I know how to do … I wrote a poem! I also searched high and low … Continue reading Capturing the closet

Deeds on the small screen

LESS words and more images from burgewords this week! Here’s a sneak peek of the trailer for my upcoming non-fiction debut Questionable Deeds: Making a stand for equal love. Come along and see journalist and commentator Margo Kingston in conversation with me at the launchof Questionable Deeds onFriday, September 25,at Avid Reader Bookshop in Brisbane. … Continue reading Deeds on the small screen

Proof that you can read!

A Writer drowning in words. I’M proofreading my first two publications right now, and I’maiming to complete around 140,000 words in under a week. It’s an ambitious task and thankfully I have some assistance, however, as an independent publisher (a fancy way of saying ‘self-published’, which carries a terrible stigma), this is my self-inflicted creative … Continue reading Proof that you can read!

Marriage equality on the never never

TONY Abbott has knocked Australian progressives and moderate Liberals into motionless disappointment on marriage equality. The biggest political football of his government has been booted around by parliament again. There’ll be a few free kicks when the cross-party marriage equality bill comes before parliament, but Abbott’s moved the goalposts already, so none of the players … Continue reading Marriage equality on the never never

Thanks (in advance) for the day jobs

A Writer lets go. I’VE had my share of day jobs, those pesky positions that keep the bills paid and the artist fed while keeping dreams alive. This week, my latest contract came to an end – a one-year editing position perfect for a writer, covering a colleague’s parental leave on a national news website. … Continue reading Thanks (in advance) for the day jobs