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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).
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
Novellas and Short Stories
Anthologies edited
Non fiction show
Books containing stories by John Burnside
Awards
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John Burnside recommends
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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