Michael Callaghan

Michael Callaghan and Trinna Frever are the first authors published by the Michigan Writers Cooperative Press.Callaghan wrote The Grace of the Eye, a collection of poetry, and Frever is the author of Trouble With Faces, a collection of short-stories.Michael Callaghan

Michael Callaghan - Script Writer (Freelance)
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Michael Callaghan Script Writer (Freelance)

Michael Callaghan has been writing professionally since the late 70's stemming from the Nine Network, co-creating and writing hundreds of high rating programs.

After six years in commercial television he then concentrated on corporate programming. He has since been engaged in writing for all multimedia, programming and copywriting for brochures, annual reports and prospectuses.

Throughout his career Michael has written many hundreds of programs for a wide range of commercial, corporate and industrial applications. His scripts range from educational programs and corporate inductions to marketing, safety and training and customer service programs for many private and public sector organisations, in diverse industry segments.

With his background in commercial television he has the proven ability to capture the essence of a subject and convey it in the most effective and engaging manner to the target audience.

Michael Callaghan
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Michael Callaghan

A native of Traverse City, Michael Callaghan received his BA in English and a Graduate Writing Fellowship from Western Michigan University. Michael's first chapbook-length collection of poems, The Grace of the Eye, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize upon publication by the Michigan Writers Cooperative Press in November of 2005. Michael lives in Interlochen with his son, Seamus.

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Michael Callaghan

When he was eight years old, Michael Callaghan moved from Royal Oak to the base of Old Mission Peninsula. He attended Northwestern Michigan College, went on to Michigan State University, and finally to Western Michigan University. Originally intending to study biology, he switched his major after taking an introductory creative writing class. He had terrific mentors at Western-Nancy Eimers, William Olsen, and Herb Scott-all wonderful poets who shaped his writing, his craft.

As an undergraduate, Michael won Western's graduate writing prize, and after getting his diploma, entered graduate school under a full fellowship in the MFA Creative Writing Program. He published poems in the anthology The PrePress Awards Volume 2: Michigan Voices and gave readings and taught workshops in and around Kalamazoo.

Michael returned to the Traverse City area before finishing his MFA and, during a relatively short stint as a barista at Ray's Coffee House, met his wife Melonie, an artist. They have a son, Seamus, who is eight years old.

Michael currently works as a Survey and Civil Engineering drafter at Elmer's Construction Engineering. He hopes to finish his first full-length book of poems by next spring as he pursues his goal of finishing his MFA.

Writer: Michael Callaghan