Paul Burston
LGBT History Month
LGBT History Month is upon us, and I have a few author events lined up, including a pop up Polari at Flitwick Library. Feb 10 - Author...
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Paul Burston
Dec 14, 20222 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20204 min read
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, 20204 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20204 min read
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, 20202 min read
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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