Michael Turner is a musician, and writer of poetry, prose and opera librettos.
His writing is noted for including detailed and purposeful examination of ordinary things.
Turner was an original member of the Vancouver band Hard Rock Miners, formed in 1987, singing and playing guitar and banjo.
His 1993 book Hard Core Logo about his experiences fronting the band was adapted into a film of the same name by Bruce McDonald in 1996.
Bruce Macdonald follows punk bank Hard Core Logo on a harrowing last-gasp reunion tour throughout Western Canada. As magnetic lead-singer Joe Dick holds the whole magilla together through sheer force of will, all the tensions and pitfalls of life on the road come bubbling to the surface.