The interview didn't end quite so abruptly as it might appear to in print and a dodgy mobile phone connection can, I've discovered, make the gist of some comments a little elusive -- lost in translation. All the same, I've been chuffed that both the Portland Observer and The Standard tracked me down for interviews and grateful for the time and page-space they gave. Good on 'em.
Paul Burman was born in Northamptonshire, England, but currently lives in Victoria, Australia. He’s worked in a wine-bottling factory, a deep freeze, a plumbing warehouse, the Post Office, as well as being a maize ‘castrator’ in the south of France … and he once had a newspaper round until a neighbour’s dog bit him. Having decided to never become a teacher, he became a teacher and has been learning how to teach English and Literature ever since. That he’s been compulsively reading and writing fiction from the age of six may be the result of a childhood indiscretion in which he was caught inadvertently telling the truth. Making up stories has remained a happy obsession ever since.
The Snowing and Greening of Thomas Passmore
The Snowing and Greening of Thomas Passmore (large print)