Paul Burston

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Paul Burston (born in 1965 in Yorkshire) is a leading British gay journalist, broadcaster and author

Raised in South Wales, Burston trained as a journalist, and presently edits the gay section of "Time Out" magazine. He also broadcasts and comments on gay issues, and writes on a variety of subjects for newspapers including The Guardian, The Independent on Sunday and The Times.

His first book was "A Queer Romance" (which he co-edited). This was followed by '"What Are You Looking At?", "Gutterheart - Life According To Marc Almond" and 'Queens' Country : A Tour Around the Gay Ghettos, Queer Spots and Camp Sights of Britain". Burston published his first novel Shameless in 2001. It was shortlisted for a State of Britain award and became a bestseller. In 2006 he published a second novel "Star People", and in April 2007, a third "Lovers & Losers". He lives in south London with his civil partner.

In May 2007, he made the Independent on Sunday Pink List of the most influential gay people in Britain, at number 82. In September 2007 he was nominated for a Stonewall Award for Best Writer alongside Russell T Davies and Val McDemid.[1]

Burston is currently working on a fourth novel, 'The Gay Divorcee', to be published by LittleBrown in May 2009. He also hosts a gay literary salon night, Polari, once a month at the Green Carnation (www.myspace.com/polarigaysalon) and DJs at various gay venues. In July 2008 he will be co-curator (with Rupert Smith) of a series of gay salon events at the South Bank, running as part of the London Literature Festival.

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[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Non fiction

  • What are you Looking at? Queer Sex, Style and Cinema, Continuum International Publishing, 1995. ISBN 0-3043-4300-5
  • Gutterhead: Life According to Marc Almond, 1981-1996, Dunce Directive, 1997, ISBN 0-9522-0686-2
  • A Queen's Country, A Tour Around the Gay Ghettos, Queer Spots and Camp Sights of Britain, Little Brown, 1998

[edit] Fiction

  • Shameless, Abacus, 2001
  • Star People, Little Brown, 2006
  • Lovers and Losers, Sphere,2007

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