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John Burnside


Scotland (1955 - 2024)

John Burnside was Reader in Creative Writing at the University of St Andrews. His areas of specialisation included creative writing, ecology and literature, American literature, poetry and philosophy.

His publications include the poetry collections The Light Trap (Jonathan Cape, 2003), The Good Neighbour (Jonathan Cape, 2005) and Gift Songs (Jonathan Cape, 2007), the novels Living Nowhere (Jonathan Cape, 2004) and The Devil's Footprints (Jonathan Cape, 2007), and a personal memoir, A Lie About My Father (Jonathan Cape, 2006).

 

Awards: Saltire (2013), RSL (2000)  see all

Genres: Literary Fiction, General Fiction, Mystery
 
New and upcoming books
April 2024

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Ruin, Blossom
 
Novels
   The Dumb House (1997)
   The Mercy Boys (1999)
   The Locust Room (2001)
   Living Nowhere (2003)
   The Shifting Stars (2003)
   The Devil's Footprints (2007)
   Glister (2008)
   A Summer of Drowning (2011)
   Something Like Happy (2013)
   I Put A Spell On You (2014)
   Ashland & Vine (2017)
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Collections
   The Hoop (poems) (1988)
   Common Knowledge (poems) (1991)
   Feast Days (poems) (1992)
   The Myth of the Twin (poems) (1994)
   Swimming in the Flood (poems) (1995)
   A Normal Skin (poems) (1997)
   Sense Data (poems) (1998)
   The Asylum Dance (poems) (2000)
   Burning Elvis (2000)
   The Light Trap (poems) (2002)
   The Good Neighbour (poems) (2005)
   Selected Poems (poems) (2006)
   Gift Songs (poems) (2007)
   Crimespotting (2009) (with others)
   The Hunt in the Forest (poems) (2009)
   Black Cat Bone (poems) (2011)
   All One Breath (poems) (2014)
   Still Life with Feeding Snake (poems) (2017)
   The Music of Time (poems) (2019)
   Learning to Sleep (poems) (2021)
   Apostasy (poems) (2023)
   Ruin, Blossom (poems) (2024)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Havergey (2017)
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Anthologies edited
   Love for Love (2000)
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Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by John Burnside
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First Light (2022)
A Celebration of Alan Garner
edited by
Erica Wagner
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Head Land (2016)
10 Years of the Edge Hill Short Story Prize
edited by
Rodge Glass
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The Best British Short Stories 2011 (2011)
(Best British Short Stories)
edited by
Nicholas Royle

Awards
2013 Saltire Literary Award : Something Like Happy
2006 Saltire Literary Award : A Lie About My Father
2000 Encore Award : The Mercy Boys

Award nominations
2011 Costa Book Award for Best Novel (nominee) : A Summer of Drowning
2007 James Tait Black Memorial Prize (nominee) : The Devil's Footprints


John Burnside recommends
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Hue & Cry (2009)
(Hew Cullan, book 1)
Shirley McKay
"A gripping mystery that holds the reader to the very last page, and a marvellous portrait of St Andrews in the 16th Century."

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