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
Sep 1, 20232 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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
Apr 28, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20233 min read
“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 17, 20231 min read
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
Jan 18, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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 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
Dec 12, 20222 min read
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, 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
Nov 3, 20221 min read
We Can Be Heroes : Neil Bartlett
Bette Bourne & Neil Bartlett in A Vision of Love Revealed In Sleep, 1989 Welcome to the latest episode of We Can Be Heroes podcast with...
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Paul Burston
Oct 18, 20221 min read
Polari turns 15!
Next month, Polari will be 15 years old! Yes, it'll be a whopping 15 years since we hosted our first ever event upstairs at the Green...
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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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