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Paul Burston

Jan 28, 20241 min read

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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Lockdown Bookclub – A Place Called Winter

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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