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You have found the homepage of George Burton Books giving information about Dundee author George Burton as well as allowing you to purchase hard copies of his six books, "Socrates the Sprinting Snail of Sorrento", an illustrated children's story for adults too, the follow-up "Bonjour Socrates!", "Wee Georgie", a childhood memoir of growing up in Dundee in the 50s and 60s, "Georgie", his memoir of his teenage years in Dundee in the late 60s and early 70s and the third in the series "George The University Years". This third memoir covers the years 1971-76 and includes George's four years at the University of St. Andrews and his Assistantship year in Versailles, teaching English. George's first book of adult fiction "Balgay Park" is an anthology of 10 dark tales, all of which take place in the Balgay area of Dundee where George lives.

You will find a separate page about each of the six books, a page about George himself and a page describing his present and future writing projects. Enjoy your visit.

George's Books and Music

THE GEORGIE TRILOGY

"Wee Georgie" (published in September 2014)

"Georgie" (published in November 2015)

"George, the University Years" (published in November 2019)

"Socrates the Sprinting Snail of Sorrento" (published December 2013

"Bonjour Socrates!" (published December 2017)

"Balgay Park" (published December 2023)

CD "Sweeties" (released December 2024)

"Wee Georgie" Audiobook (released December 2025)

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George is proud to announce that his most successful work "Wee Georgie" will soon be available as an audiobook at Audible, i-Tunes and Amazon Music. It is narrated by George himself, and was recorded throughout 2025 at Kit Clark's "Studio 14" in Dundee.

George has released his first-ever song "Sweeties" sung by Wee Georgie and produced by Kit Clark. It is available to buy in CD format on its dedicated page, here on this site. Kit has also produced a video to accompany the song which can be seen and heard by visiting this YouTube link. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCYgGM8B7Gc

 The song is also available on Spotify, Amazon Music and all the other music platforms.