New for 2011

My novel, The Prodigals is available to read online for free at www.prodigalsnovel.com.   You can download the PDF here. 


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About me 

I am an award-winning fiction writer and creator of the new digital publishing company, Philistine Press.


 




My short story collection, A History of Sarcasm was published in 2009.   

You can buy it from Dog Horn and from Amazon.

Here is a sample story, Some Facts About Me.  

Read a review of the book on The Short Review.  There's an interview on there as well.  


I was born in Lancashire in 1979, and started writing from an early age.  My fiction has been published widely in the UK, Australia and USA.  I am the winner of the 2003 Philip LeBrun Prize for Creative Writing.  In 2008, I completed my MA in Creative Writing at the University of Chichester, which I passed with Distinction. 

 
(I used to be a poet, but I gave it up.)  

To contact me, or to book me for an event, email fjb79@hotmail.com 


Praise for my work 

"If you like William Shakespeare, you'll love this guy." 
BBC Three Counties Radio (No really - this is a genuine quote). 


Praise for A History of Sarcasm 

"A wonderful collection of decidedly weird short stories. Every single one of them is a gem. If you don't believe me, why not linger for a while and read the first one, a dysfunctional love story told in alphabetical order? I think you'll like it." 
Scott Pack, Me and My Big Mouth. 

“The writer William Burroughs once called language “a virus from outer space”, and there’s a sense of that in A History of Sarcasm, where Burton holds words up to the sun and lets the light shine through them.”

David Swann, author of The Last Days of Johnny North   

"Frank's characters are startling, fragile, hilarious and chilling. If you haven't had a chance to delve into Frank's world yet, and you're not afraid your visit might turn into a long-term, straight-jacketed order of commitment, I highly recommend it. Every time I think he can't outdo himself again, he ups the ante and takes it one stupendous step further." 
Deb Hoag, author of Crashin' The Real

 
 
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