Michael Burge – Glen Innes News

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2025

Dirt Trap comes home to Deepwater

Local NewsMichael Burge

Local author and journalist Michael Burge will be making a stop on a national book tour in his home town on December 6, in a conversation with local writers titled Dark Deeds in the Highlands, taking place at The Makers Shed. This is a chance to snap up a signed copy of his new book Dirt Trap, sequel to his acclaimed debut novel Tank Water, released by Adelaide’s MidnightSun Publishing. “Since Richard and I moved our gallery to Deepwater, we’ve expanded the little bookshop inside The Makers Shed,” Michael told Glen Innes News. “I’m very pleased to be able to present my…

Local Publishing Company Takes High Dive

Local NewsABC New England North West, Anna Russell, Barbara Maxwell, Brydie O'Shea, Chris McIntosh, D'Arcy Lloyd, Deepwater, High Country Books, Kris Nissam, Kristy Reading, Michael Burge, Narelle Fernance, Richard Moon, The Makers Shed

The High Country Writers group is an informal gathering of wordsmiths who started meeting at The Makers Shed in Glen Innes. Now, the results of their labour are set to be launched by a new publishing imprint. The group initially started meeting in mid-2019 at the original Makers Shed, a small corrugated-iron shop at the southern end of the high street of Glen Innes. In 2024, the group moved with the business to a century-old former butcher shop on the New England Highway at Deepwater, at the heart of the traditional lands of the Ngarrabul people. Participants from Glen Innes,…

A Writer In Our Midst

Local NewsDeepwater, Michael Burge, Richard Moon, The Makers Shed

Polymath (n): a person of wide knowledge or learning, from the Greek. This term and its definition certainly applies to local resident, Michael Burge. Michael is a journalist, author, publisher and artist who lives at Deepwater. He also holds a design diploma from NIDA. And he runs a popular book club and writer’s group in Deepwater, publishes books, does the publicity for his own work and has a strong online presence. Lots of fingers, in lots of pies. In late 2019, Michael published his debut novel, Tank Water. It’s sequel, Dirt Trap will be released in November. These novels explore…