I have a new book out! It’s called Dream Burnie.
This book is for everyone. From my home, to yours.

Justin Heazlewood’s funny, heart-felt and beautifully designed and illustrated book Dream Burnie is for anyone born or raised in Burnie (or any small town), and every young creative thinking of risking their all.

…everyone, it seems, is at least a little scarred by their hometown. There are many positives though, and a common factor in the stories in Dream Burnie are of memorable teachers, who saw young creatives for who they were – and encouraged them to go forth and risk failure in the pursuit of their passions.

Check out the full review in Tasmania Times.

[ Cover art by kashka hardy ]

NEWS: I was recently a guest on Julian Morrow’s Sunday Extra show on RN. He beamed in directly from Burnie! In fact – it was a themed episode. You can hear my segment or play the whole shebang (including Jim Migonie of Midnight Oil talking about their song Burnie!)

Perhaps Dream Burnie 2 has already been written. It will mainly consist of comments from Hobart bookshop Cracked & Spineless’s farcebook post. I dropped in while on tour and may have forgotten to return their pen. Thanks Richard for the support!

Dream Burnie got a run in the Notable Books section of the Weekend Australian’s Review. 

I caressed the airwaves for the duration of February’s East Coast / Tasmanian tour. Most interviews were uploaded to the Dream Burnie YouTube.

Here I am signing books in Burnie. We did a launch at Not Just Books and the Mayor was there and Mum and a few former teachers. I was moved. I’ve been signing books all along the east coast. People are excited to be hearing about Burnie. They dig seeing the Chick-Inn chicken once again.

Art wins!

Dream Burnie is (like) 300 colour pages featuring stories of some of the North-West Coast’s most successful artists. Also, my nostalgic bus-trip and humorous dalliances on life in a small town.
An art book, time capsule, memoir.
It’s niche. It’s now. It’s 1995.

DREAM BURNIE LAUNCH TOUR
(Feb – Mar 2025)

FEB 6  |  LAUNCESTON  |  ASSEMBLY 197  |  5:30PM
FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST HEADLINER: TWINKLE DIGITZ

FEB 8  |  HOBART  |  MOONAH ARTS CENTRE  |  4PM (Bookings HERE)
FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST HEADLINER: TWINKLE DIGITZ

FEB 11  |  CANBERRA  |  SMITH’S ALTERNATIVE  |  5PM

FEB 13  |  SYDNEY  |  BETTER READ THAN DEAD  |  6:30PM (Bookings HERE)

FEB 16  |  BRISBANE  |  AVID READER  |  2PM (Bookings HERE)

FEB 22  |  MELBOURNE  |  CHURCH OF ALL NATIONS (presented by READINGS)  |  2PM (Bookings HERE)
FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST HEADLINER: TWINKLE DIGITZ

MAR 1  |  BURNIE  |  BURNIE PARK SOUND SHELL  |  11AM (Info HERE)
FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST HEADLINER: TWINKLE DIGITZ

‘With a forensic nostalgia and school project energy Justin Heazlewood returns to the town that shaped him.’
– DARREN HANLON

Did you know?

• Visual artist Michaela Gleave has 220 million YouTube views.
  
• Digital artist Stuart Campbell (AKA Sutu) has made VR art for Doctor Strange & Ready Player One.
  
• Musician Sabian Lynch’s album as Alpha Wolf debuted at #2 in the ARIA Australian album charts.
  
• Filmmaker Craig Leeson’s A Plastic Ocean prompted a ban on single use plastic bags.
  
• Old mate The Bedroom Philosopher has had two songs in Triple J’s Hottest 100.

All these people are from Burnie.

Burnie is in Tasmania.

Read about them and others!

cos …

You can follow the volume online where we’ll be spruiking the crew involved, like some kind of metadata pre-show drip-feed cultural showbag of wonder.

Suss out the Dream Burnie website +  FB |  Insta |  Youtube or wherever you get your propaganda.

Take a proper gander!

DREAM BURNIE IS AVAILABLE FROM THESE RATHER NICE BOOKSTORES:

• Not Just Books
  (Burnie)
  
• Devonport Bookshop
  
• Petrarch’s
  (Launceston)
  
• Fullers
  (Hobart)
  
• Cracked and Spineless Bookstore
  (Hobart)
  
• The Hobart Bookshop
  
• Metropolis
  (Melbourne)
  
• Brunswick Bound
  (Melbourne)
  
• Avenue Books
  (Melbourne)
  
• Sun Bookshop
  (Yarraville)
  
• Stoneman’s Bookroom
  (Castlemaine)
  
• Gleebooks
  (Sydney)
  
• Good Earth Bookshop
  (Wentworth Falls)
  
• Imprints Booksellers
  (Adelaide)
  
• Matilda Bookshop
  (Stirling)

Dream Burnie is presented by the Burnie Arts Council. Photos by Tara Palmer.

Lorrae Desmond’s meditation pyramid and why Bowie was such a fan. Explore these topics plus intimate details of my impending tour by reading the current increment of
f u z z y l o g i c “bob hawkeye“