Books, music, movies, travel, gym, gardening, snorkeling/diving. Two of the greatest experiences of my life were diving with great white sharks in South Africa and swimming with dolphins in Fernando de Noronha, Brazil.
Music
Marc Almond, The Associates, David Bowie, Blondie, Kate Bush, Vanessa Daou, EBTG, Elvis, Marianne Faithfull, Fleetwood Mac, Human League, Grace Jones, Kraftwerk, Joni Mitchell, Morrissey, Pet Shop Boys, Prince, Pulp, Lou Reed, Roxy Music, Scissor Sisters, Siouxsie, The Smiths, Soft Cell, Suede, Donna Summer, David Sylvian, Velvet Undergound, Scott Walker, Amy Winehouse and many more.
Movies
Alien, All About Eve, All That Heaven Allows, Boys In The Band, Brokeback Mountain, Carrie, Clueless, Crash, C.R.A.Z.Y, Echo Park, Exorcist, Hedwig, Imitation of Life, King Kong, Mysterious Skin, Night of the Hunter, Pink Narcissus, Querelle, Romy and Michelle, Sunset Boulevard, Team America, Time To Leave, Valley of the Dolls, Volver.
Television
Six Feet Under, Blue Planet, Dexter, 24, The Office, Buffy, Victoria Wood, Frasier, League of Gentlemen, The Simpsons, Coronation Street, Creature Comforts, Planet Earth, Prime Suspect, Property Ladder, Dr Who, Medium, Nighty Night, Californication, Family Guy.
Books
Oscar Wilde, Jacqueline Susann, Michael Cunningham, Paul Magrs, Marian Keyes, Clive Barker, Neil Bartlett, Andrew Holleran, David Sedaris, Quentin Crisp, Stephen McCauley, Dorothy Parker, Stephen King, Armistead Maupin, Alan Bennett.
Heroes
'Just for one day'
Paul Burston's Details
Status:
Married
Orientation:
Gay
Hometown:
London
Ethnicity:
White / Caucasian
Religion:
Atheist
Zodiac Sign:
Virgo
Children:
Love kids, but not for me
Education:
College graduate
Paul Burston's Schools
St Mary's College
Middlesex, HC
Graduated: 1987
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Drama
Minor: English
1984 to 1987
Brynteg Comprehensive School
MID GLAMORGAN, WA
Graduated: 1984
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Other
Major: English
Minor: History / Religious Studies
Clubs: Reading, writing, drama
Paul Burston six months after publication, 'The Gay Divorcee' is at Number 2 in the Amazon gay bestsellers list. Thanks for all your support folks! Posted 18 hours ago view more
I'm an award-winning author, journalist, curator and accidental DJ whose books include my best-selling first novel 'Shameless'.
My books have been published in the UK, USA, Australia, France, Germany, Hungary and Poland.
I've appeared at the London Literature Festival, the National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern and the Bridgend Conservative Club.
My last novel, 'Lovers & Losers', was shortlisted for the Stonewall Award for Best Writer 2007.
My new novel 'The Gay Divorcee' is out now, selling well and getting great reviews!
'Immensely enjoyably' - Julian Clary
'I absolutely loved it. Paul Burston is the nearest thing the UK has to Armistead Maupin. They share a warmth for their characters, have that same page turning quality, a nice light comic touch and deft plotting' - Jonathan Harvey
'Wonderful, wicked and witty, laugh-out-loud funny and touching. Burston’s best yet. Loved it!’ - Marc Almond
'I found myself saddened then gladdened by this novel that has the lightest of touches and the deepest of meanings. Burston can go from waspish to wise and back in a sentence. Bitchy, funny, acute and moving. A triumph' - Suzanne Moore
'A fascinating portrait of Soho in the noughties: vivid, charming and romantic' - Susie Boyt
'Accomplished entertainment...a rollicking, steamy, witty saga steeped in love, sex and no small amount of cocaine... Social politics underscore the delicious froth... the maelstrom of modern gay life (from drugs to online sex, vanity to homophobia) is concisely deconstructed by Burston' - Tim Teeman, The Times
'Gay London's Jane Austen... a fearless chronicler of modern gay life in all its glory and grotesqueness.. up-to-the-minute, unashamedly commercial and absolutely in-yer-face...' Suzi Feay, The Independent on Sunday
'Burston expertly handles entwined storylines and evokes the energy and anxiety of gay London nightlife. This incisive writer mostly reserves a light, tender touch... Moving and witty... "The Gay Divorcee" is a diverting read to settle down with' - Metro
'An entertaining novel that, like most relationships, is bittersweet and heart-warming. A new angle on chick lit. Loved it! Five stars' - Now Magazine
'A great read - I read it in one day' - Lorraine Kelly
In June 2009, I made The Independent's Pink List of the 101 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain for the third year running.
When I'm not making up stories, I edit the Gay & Lesbian section of Time Out. In November 2008 I received the Stonewall Award for Time Out's coverage of gay and lesbian life in London.
I also freelance for various newspaper and magazines including The Independent on Sunday and The Times.
PLEASE NOTE: If you wish to contact me about coverage in Time Out, please email paulburston@timeout.com. I don't take listings requests via myspace.
I also host Polari ('London's peerless gay literary salon' according to The Independent on Sunday), and am co-curator (with Rupert Smith) of The House of Homosexual Culture at the South Bank.
See House Of Homosexual Culture and Polari in my Top Friends below.
There's a filmed report on Polari at www.homovision.tv/pump-up-the-polari/
Who I'd like to meet:
Not in the market for sex or romance, but new friends/fans/stalkers are always welcome.
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 11 - Polari In Concrete at Concrete, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre. 6.30-10.30pm. Free. Tonight: Poetry Night with Caroline Bird, Trevor Medicine nd Catherine Brogan.
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 9 - Polari In Concrete at Concrete, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre. 6.30-10.30pm. Free. Tonight:South London Night with Stella Duffy and Paul Burston.
SATURDAY JANUARY 9 - DJ at Carpet Burn.
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 13 - Polari In Concrete at Concrete, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre. 6.30-10.30pm. Free. Tonight: Jeremy Reed and Gingerlight.
TUESDAY JANUARY 17 - guest speaker at the New Perspectives on Britishness seminar series, Huddersfield University.
Apologies for being spammy, but just to let you know that myself and
the Pope proudly announce the release of my second album, Murder Music (featuring David Hoyle and Pianofingers),
out now on Cherryade Records.
"Prepare
yourself to be modestly outraged - McCabe is kicking against the
pricks, and declaring homosexual cliche's bankrupt" - Artrocker
"If you like punk, you'll love this. If you're queer and like punk,
you'll spunk your pants. Ste McCabe is authentic and brilliant." - Boy
George
Dear Paul, finally it is out! The long expected release of our EP "Interrupted (Triptych I)" !!!
Watch the music video, created by the young & wild Japanese video artist Yukihiro Taguchi. Be Surprised! You will also find some wicked REMIXES on Youtube and iTunes ;-)
Learn more about our current project "Triptych I-III" on our MySpace site...
Please start to cook as soon as possible! It is like siting in front of a new, white canvas: you have to do it fast! You new kitchen is too virgin for comfort :-)
After one of his books was removed from Amazon's ranking system for allegedly having 'adult' content, Gore Vidal responded 'Why don't they just burn the books? They'd be better off and it's very visual for television'.
Wishing you a very happy birthday dear Paul, may all your dreams come true and many more happy times ahead with your lovely husband Paulo! Hope to see you both again sometime in London at another event etc! Love Yvonne xxx
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hi, Paul, your ever-changing pics are sooo fab, hehe! Liked the Adam Ant one too! Enjoy the rest of your week! Lotsa love Kelv x
