@taylorburns
Writer. First novel TRAV out 30/6/26.
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Buy TRAV
TRAV (home page)
TRAV (home page)
Trav, thirteen, is trying to come to terms with the death of his father. Jay, Trav’s best friend, is tasked with going throug...
Buy TRAV (Voce Books)
Buy TRAV (Voce Books)
A Novel
Buy TRAV (Waterstones)
Buy TRAV (Waterstones)
Buy Trav by Taylor Burns from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
Launches
TRAV Launch Party @ Voce Books x The Night Owl
TRAV Launch Party @ Voce Books x The Night Owl
TRAV London Launch @ Funny Weather Books
TRAV London Launch @ Funny Weather Books
Join Coral McCarthy Sommerville for an evening of conversation with Taylor Burns, as they discuss Taylor's debut novel, TRAV - with the opportunity for audience members to ask Taylor their own questions and get their copies signed. Taylor Burns is the author of TRAV. Elsewhere, he co-curates STORIE, a night of experimental prose in Birmingham. It is run in conjunction with Voce Books, where he serves as a writer-in-residence.Coral McCarthy Sommerville (@readsbycoral) is a literary event host, reviewer, and writer from Brighton.
Classes & Workshops
Birmingham Library Teens 2026-7 - Spark Young Writers
Birmingham Library Teens 2026-7 - Spark Young Writers
Spark Young Writers group in Birmingham for school years 7 – 13 (ages 11 – 18), meeting at The Exchange, Birmingham. Booking essential.
Short Fiction
HUNGER (from my novel-in-progress, for Grass Magazine)
HUNGER (from my novel-in-progress, for Grass Magazine)
1 NOTHING again. Nothing. Not in the cupboards, or the fridge. I mean, not nothing, not exactly, but nothing I can use, or want. If I have to bore and bloat myself with another bowl of plain pasta, if I have to modestly grate some corner-shop cheddar on top, make
Buy Issue Two of The Derwent Press (ft. my short story FUNERAL NOTES)
Buy Issue Two of The Derwent Press (ft. my short story FUNERAL NOTES)
An independent literary magazine publishing art, poetry, photography, short fiction and essays with a connection to the Midlands.
Buy Night Time Economy (ft. my short story HOT WATER MUSIC)
Buy Night Time Economy (ft. my short story HOT WATER MUSIC)
Be the first to get your hands on the latest release from Floodgate Press, Night Time Economy, by pre-ordering now! Official launch on 12/09/24, but copies will be in stock by late August/early September.
Buy Digbeth Stories (ft. my short story YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN)
Buy Digbeth Stories (ft. my short story YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN)
Digbeth Stories: Social commentary and wry observation. In 27 new pieces of writing - some truthful, some twisted, some heartfelt, some heart-breaking - we experience first-hand this unique urban q...
FACES (a short story for Fictive Dream)
FACES (a short story for Fictive Dream)
by Taylor Burns HE’D GASHED HIS FACE with a Stanley blade and couldn’t see. He’d given no thought to his eyes and scored canyons all the way down his skull without stopping. He’d cut sideways, too;…
FUCKING THE GAP, a poem featured in Rattle (as T.L. Burns)
FUCKING THE GAP, a poem featured in Rattle (as T.L. Burns)
I heard about this bloke, Who used to put his dick in a Sandwich bag, And squirt a load of […]
Non-Fiction
ONE WEEK IN NOVEMBER (an essay for Concrete Magazine)
ONE WEEK IN NOVEMBER (an essay for Concrete Magazine)
Taylor Burns “Olive’s ill.” We laughed. Of course she was. We had just left her for the first time in months, were six hours away by coach in Cardiff, our hands clasped around cold pints, the …
HOME, AGAIN (an essay for Concrete Magazine)
HOME, AGAIN (an essay for Concrete Magazine)
Taylor Burns documents the literary scene of Birmingham, from personal pasts to its public futures.
Time Out's 39 Coolest Neighbourhoods (I contributed the Digbeth piece)
Time Out's 39 Coolest Neighbourhoods (I contributed the Digbeth piece)
Did your area make this year’s list?
My author page at Little White Lies
My author page at Little White Lies
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