Julian Colton

[[File:Authorphoto_JColton_(2).jpg|thumb|left|Julian Colton

Image credit: Copyright Fiona M Colton ]]

Biography
Julian Colton was born in Manchester in 1959. He has lived in Scotland for the past twenty years. He has had had three collections of poetry published including Something for the Weekend (Scottish Borders Council, 2001), Two Che Guevaras (Scottish Borders Council, 2007) and Everyman Street (Smokestack Publishing, 2009) which was in the Hand + Star review websites' top 5 books for 5 weeks over Christmas and New Year 2009/10. He has also published a book of children’s ghost stories The Looking Glass Years (Scottish Borders Council, 2004) inspired by the Age of Sir Walter Scott. In 2008/9 he was CREATE Writer in Residence for Dumfries and Galloway. He continues to teach in schools, most recently as part of the Natural Identity project for the Tolbooth Arts Centre, Stirling Council, and organises many literary events and readings.



EVERYMAN STREET (SMOKESTACK, 2008)

 * Hand + Star -- Yes, there’s lust, violence, betrayal and reconciliation on a larger-than-life scale but there are also master-crafted moments that aim to prove how mundane yet gloriously profound even the smallest pause in our daily routines can be.

'when yer man Colton is good, he's good.' Cencrastus
==='tempered with a cool, razor-sharp insight into popular culture, and a passion for the eccentricities of working class life.' T he Southern Reporter === [[Category:PUBLICATIONS: Something for the Weekend (Scottish Borders Council, 2001)  The Looking Glass Years, Children’s Ghost Stories Inspired by the Age of Sir Walter Scott  (Scottish Borders Council, 2004)  Eildon Leaves- a CD Anthology of the best writing in the Borders (Scottish Borders Council, 2004)  Two Che Guevaras (Scottish Borders Council, 2007)  Everyman Street (Smokestack Publishing, 2009)   which was in the Hand + Star review websites' top 5 books for 5 weeks over Christmas and New Year 2009/10. He has also published a book of children’s ghost stories The Looking Glass Years (Scottish Borders Council, 2004) inspired by the Age of Sir Walter Scott. He has also had many poems in magazines and anthologies including The Rialto, Stand, Orbis, London Magazine, My Mum's A Punk, Magma, The New Writer, Markings, Cencrastus, Poetry Scotland,The New Welsh Review, Southlight, Scottish Pen website, and The Eildon Tree which he continues to co edit.  ]]