Paul Burston
A message from the Action Man
Today is September 1, which means it’s been exactly 2 years and 8 months since I stopped drinking alcohol. And it’s been exactly 3 months...
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Paul Burston
- Aug 6
- 1 min
We Can Be Heroes - The Second Coming
My book tour for #WeCanBeHeroes continues from next Saturday, August 12. Here's where I'll be between then and the end of September. Aug...
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Paul Burston
- Jun 25
- 1 min
Still in stock!
I've been told that #WeCanBeHeroes is currently out of stock at many bookshops. Here are some that still have copies available – Amazon...
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Paul Burston
- Jun 18
- 1 min
Independent Bookshop Week
It's the middle of Pride Month. It's also Independent Bookshop Week, so here's a list of the indie bookshops where you can order copies...
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Paul Burston
- Apr 28
- 1 min
We Can Be Heroes book tour
A few more dates have been added to my book tour, including Bradford Literature Festival on July 2 and Blackwell's Manchester on July 3....
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Paul Burston
- Apr 6
- 1 min
I Am What I Play
Music features heavily in my memoir. There are references to songs by David Bowie (of course) and to other artists who've provided the...
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Paul Burston
- Mar 6
- 1 min
Bookseller's Choice!
On Friday I received the exciting and totally unexpected news that We Can Be Heroes has been chosen as one of the Editor's Choices for...
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Paul Burston
- Mar 3
- 3 min
“All is transient” - or why I bother
“All is transient. Does it matter? Do I bother?” - David Bowie Three years ago this month, I received a grant from Arts Council England...
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Paul Burston
- Feb 27
- 2 min
A crash course for the ravers
I’m sitting here, eagerly anticipating the launch of my memoir on June 1, watching my We Can Be Heroes book tour grow day by day – Bath,...
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Paul Burston
- Feb 17
- 1 min
We Can Be Heroes book tour
For the first time in a few years, I have a new book out this summer and I’m going on a book tour. More details and further dates will be...
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Paul Burston
- Feb 10
- 2 min
Talking head, lallies and more
When I'm not writing, coaching or running Polari literary salon and the Polari Prize, I give talks. Often these are author talks about my...
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Paul Burston
- Jan 18
- 1 min
Signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours!
Huge thanks to everyone who's preordered a signed edition of We Can Be Heroes from the Hastings Bookshop. I'm so grateful for all your...
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Paul Burston
- Jan 14
- 1 min
Say I’m your Number One!
This was such an expected surprise. Yesterday, two days after the cover reveal, We Can Be Heroes shot to number one in the Amazon chart...
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Paul Burston
- Jan 8
- 2 min
Children of the Sun
I loved this book, though it took me a while to read it. I began, appropriately enough, on a sunny beach in Tenerife - and finished it...
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Paul Burston
- Jan 1
- 2 min
New year, new me?
It’s high time for me to reconnect with the brave young man I was - and take better care of the older, battle scarred one I’ve become.
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Paul Burston
- Dec 21, 2022
- 2 min
American Scholar
Novels in which the main character is a novelist can tend towards self-indulgence. And I say that as someone who’s published one (The...
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Paul Burston
- Dec 14, 2022
- 2 min
More rave reviews of We Can Be Heroes
Huge thanks to everyone who’s read an advance copy of We Can Be Heroes and shared their thoughts! As Mr Bowie used to say, "love on ya!"...
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Paul Burston
- Dec 12, 2022
- 2 min
Difference Is Born On The Lips
Part memoir, part meditation on what it means to be othered as a working class gay man, this book is beautifully written, brave,...
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Paul Burston
- Nov 19, 2022
- 1 min
Proofs have landed!
Yesterday I held a copy of my memoir in my hand for the very first time. It was... emotional. It's always a special moment when you first...
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Paul Burston
- Nov 14, 2022
- 3 min
We Can Be Heroes - early reviews
My forthcoming memoir went out into the world last week, via Netgalley. Physical proof copies will be sent for advance reviews soon. This...
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