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Palewell Press (PUB) are publishing Philip’s new collection, titled THE LIFE DYSLEXIC, in June 2022 THE BEACHCOMBER is included in the anthology titled NEW CONTEXTS, Coverstory books (PUB), 2020, Ed. Ian Gouge.  I GOT MAGIC is published in WORKTOWN WORDS edition 13 Magic.  THE SIGHT OF AUTUMN won Third…
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In November 2016, Philip Burton was awarded third prize (£250) in the Buxton Literary Festival poetry competition sponsored by Lady Jasmine Cavendish and by the University of Derby. Philip has accepted invitations to read at two festivals in March 2017:…
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The Life Dsylexic (2022) Philip’s next poetry book is THE LIFE DYSLEXIC (Palewell Press), due to be published in June 2022. GAIA Warnings (2021) Philip Burton’s collection GAIA WARNINGS, Palewell Press (PUB), 2021   A copy/copies of the book of sixty…
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2023 Philip was awarded a Highly Commended in the East Riding Festival of Words poetry competition, 2022. 2022 THE POETRY SHED was short-listed in the Brian Dempsey Memorial Prize competition 2022 and will be published in the anthology. THE HEIRLOOM won First prize in…
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HOW TO PAINT A MARIGOLD won second prize in the Rhyme and Reason poetry competition 2015. The judge, Terry Jones, said of it: ‘This is a wonderful, elegant poem. I love the way the carefully managed thought process flows through…
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