Paul Burston
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
- 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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Paul Burston
- Oct 9, 2022
- 1 min
We Can Be Heroes with David Hodge
This week's podcast is about a bullied young gay boy called David Hodge who reinvented himself as Dusty O, made friends with Boy George,...
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Paul Burston
- Jul 11, 2022
- 1 min
A Survivor's Story
My memoir We Can Be Heroes will be published next June by Little A and is now available to preorder. It features David Bowie (of course),...
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Paul Burston
- Jun 16, 2022
- 1 min
We Can Be Heroes with David McAlmont
The second episode of We Can Be Heroes is available now on Acast, Apple, Google and Spotify. My special guest is singer-songwriter and...
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Paul Burston
- May 2, 2022
- 2 min
Shame on you, Stonewall
Not a word of remembrance for those who died. Not a show of solidarity with those who survived. Not a mention.
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Paul Burston
- Mar 9, 2022
- 3 min
Over the wall
In some ways, I’m still catapulting condoms over prison walls - only now they’re landing where they’re needed most.
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Paul Burston
- Dec 9, 2021
- 1 min
We Can Be Heroes
“What d’you say?” I’m thrilled to announce that my memoir will be published by Amazon Publishing imprint Little A. It’s called We Can Be...
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Paul Burston
- Apr 21, 2020
- 4 min
Lockdown Bookclub – The Good Son
There aren’t many sassy, sexually-ambiguous, ten year-old, Irish first-person narrators in fiction. So thank heavens for Mickey Donnelly....
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Paul Burston
- Apr 16, 2020
- 4 min
Lockdown Bookclub – Valley of the Dolls
In the ’60s, her name was synonymous with all things hip and swinging. Her fashion sense was imitated by millions. And on the day...
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Paul Burston
- Apr 13, 2020
- 2 min
Lockdown Bookclub – A Place Called Winter
My last post about EM Forster and Maurice got me thinking about another much-loved, more recent read. Published in 2015 and shortlisted...
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Paul Burston
- Apr 11, 2020
- 2 min
Lockdown Bookclub – Maurice
As an isolated gay teenager growing up in South Wales, my introductions to gay literature came largely via the medium of queer pop. I...
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Paul Burston
- Apr 9, 2020
- 4 min
Lockdown Bookclub – Ziggyology
‘I never thought I’d need so many people’ - Five Years I’m writing this during the third week of lockdown and the fourth week since we...
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Paul Burston
- Apr 7, 2020
- 2 min
Lockdown Bookclub – Who Was That Man?
Subtitled ‘A Present for Mr Oscar Wilde’, Neil Bartlett’s first book is both a testament to the legacy of Wilde and an insight into the...
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