An Evening With Michael Trant

Collie Public Library

Meet author Michael Trant at this special Collie Public Library 50th birthday celebration event!

Collie Public Library's 50th Birthday Month!

We're turning 50! To celebrate this milestone, we're putting on a whole month's worth of special events, with help from our friends at the State Library of Western Australia.

Meet author Michael Trant at this special Collie Public Library 50th birthday celebration event!Michael Trant is a WA country boy now dividing his time between Three Springs and Perth after a variety of careers ranging from farmer, marine draftsman, pastoralist and FIFO pot washer. Michael writes with an authentic rural voice, drawing on his experiences to open readers to places and lifestyles foreign to many. He has a passion for farming, writing, and gaming, the order of which vary throughout the year, and still works on farms as a tractor driver, mainly to annoy all those teachers who claimed no one would pay him to stare out a window all day. He was shortlisted for the 2023 WA Writing Fellowship as part of the WA Premier’s Book Awards.He is the author of Ridgeview Station (2017, A&U), Wild Dogs (2022, PRH) and No Trace (2023, PRH), and is represented by Alex Adsett Literary. L﻿ight refreshments provided. *By registering for this activity, you consent to Collie Public Library using and publishing your name/s and any photographs and/or videos taken at this event (which may contain your/your child's image) in any of its publications and materials (including written, electronic or multimedia materials) for distribution on The Shire of Collie website, or for educational, promotional or reporting purposes.

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