Early in his working life, Burke pursued a career in advertising as a copywriter and creative director.
In the 1970s he had received prizes: the Thomas Wardle poetry prize of 1973,[3] and in 1977 the Tom Collins poetry prize.[4]
He switched to academia as a literature and creative writing lecturer in middle age. He received a MA in writing from Edith Cowan University in 2002, and a PhD in writing in 2006.
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.[5]
Collections of his poems exist online,[6][7] and his blog included poetry.[8][9] Burke died in May 2023.[10]
↑ 'Peripatetica' edition of Landscapes Issue 1, Volume 4 of the International Centre for Landscape and Language at Edith Cowan University – "Latest Journals". Archived from the original on 4 November 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
↑ Burke, Andrew; Burke, Andrew, 1944-. [Poems. Selections] (1983), On the tip of my tongue: poems, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, ISBN978-0-909144-75-3{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
↑ Burke, Andrew; Burke, Andrew, 1944-. [Poems. Selections] (1992), Mother waits for father late, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, ISBN978-1-86368-014-1{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
↑ Reviewed by Bev Braune Poems of Memory Grammar ABR April 1997 pp.57-58
↑ Burke, Andrew (2016), The line is busy = Zhan xian, Fan, Xing, (translator); 樊星, (translator), Flying Islands Poetry Community; Association of Stories in Macao and Cerberus, ISBN9789996557064
External links
Burke, Andrew (2003), Andrew Burke, Andrew Burke, retrieved 28 January 2012
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