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Welcome - new website. Hello and goodbye! The end of a blog. 7 Mar 2013 | 10:42 am
www.paulburman.net has undergone a massive facelift. In fact, it's a new site altogether. No more waiting for Flash player to load and scrolling through pages of a virtual book. The new site's simpler...
The Grease Monkey's Tale - an approach #2 7 Mar 2013 | 10:32 am
Although The Grease Monkey’s Tale is a romance, a mystery and a thriller, it’s also a story about telling stories. All different sorts of stories: anecdotes, folktales, fairy tales, a rhyme or two an...
Website temporarily offline 25 Feb 2013 | 08:32 am
My website is temporarily offline as I upload and attempt to bring online a major redesign. I thought it would be a seamless transition, but the best laid plans of mice and men and all that...
Bookshelves at Legend Press 20 Feb 2013 | 01:29 am
The Legend Press website has been running a series of posts, this last month, featuring the bookshelves of their authors, as well as of the Legend Press team themselves. You can find mine here.
James Laidler book launch 7 Feb 2013 | 11:39 am
I was delighted to be able to help James Laidler launch his second novel, Pulling Down the Stars (published by Hybrid) in Warrnambool last night. Following my brief introductory talk, James discussed...
The Green Man 31 Jan 2013 | 09:50 am
After researching Leafy George (a.k.a. The Green Man) for The Snowing and Greening of Thomas Passmore, I ended up with a strong image in my head of what he looked like, and of what the corbel stone mo...
Up Yours, George Bernard Shaw! Teaching - A Grounding for Writers 15 Jan 2013 | 12:28 pm
I wrote this article for Idiom, the magazine of the Victorian Association for the Teaching of English. It appeared in Volume 47, #3, 2011. * To begin, let me make one thing clear: I never wanted to ...
New Year oddity 7 Jan 2013 | 12:42 pm
Last New Year was marked by the discovery of Percy the Puffer Fish, who you can find here. 2013, however, seems set to be the year of the snake and the magpie. Walking back from the beach on New Yea...
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 23 Dec 2012 | 12:45 pm
The following piece was written for Legend Press' Advent Calendar, where it appeared a couple of weeks ago. I remember only one sprinkling of Christmas snow during my 32 years of living in Britain, a...
Legend Press Advent Calendar 17 Dec 2012 | 11:47 am
UK publisher Legend Press is running its annual Advent Calendar, featuring many of its authors. Here's a link to the piece I put together for this year's calendar. I'm the 16th December! Have a bro...
