Michael Crane is an Australian poet, writer and compere of poetry events in Melbourne.
Crane's work has been published in literary journals and magazines, and he self-published three chapbooks between 1991 and 1994, including The Book of Screams, An Almost Summer and Joan of Arc was a fire eater.
Since 2001, Crane has written 200 micro stories called Postcards from the End of the World, many of which have appeared in the literary magazine Gangway.
Poets from Poetry Idol are published in the Paradise Anthology, an annual magazine of song lyrics and poems.
He also performs musical poems with singer/songwriter Trish Anderson, and the two toured regional high schools in Victoria in 2010.