Dan Kieran Explained
Dan Kieran |
Birth Date: | 10 June 1975 |
Occupation: | Author, editor, publisher |
Genre: | Travel, Slow Movement |
Dan Kieran (born 10 June 1975) is a British travel writer, humorist, literary editor and entrepreneur. He is best known for his travel books and for his role as deputy editor of The Idler between 2000 and 2010. He is also co-founder (with John Mitchinson and Justin Pollard) of the publishing company Unbound and was its CEO for the first eleven years.[1] [2] [3]
Kieran is author of Do Start: How to create and run a business that doesn't run you, The Surfboard,The Idle Traveller,[4] [5] I Fought The Law, Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Three Men In A Float (with Ian Vince).
Three Men In A Float became a half-hour BBC Radio 4 programme of the same name, which Kieran presented with Ian Vince and Prasanth Visweswaran. It aired on 27 February 2008.[6]
Kieran is editor of Idler Books' Crap Jobs, Crap Holidays (Crap Vacations in the United States), The Book of Idle Pleasures; and co-editor of two volumes of Crap Towns.
His writing credits include The Observer,[7] The Sunday Times,[8] The Daily Telegraph,[9] The Times[10] and The Guardian.[11]
Published Books
- Crap Jobs: 100 Tales of Workplace Hell (2005) Harper Paperbacks, Telegraph
- The Idler Book of Crap Towns: The 50 Crap Worst Places to Live in the UK (with Sam Jordison) (2006), Macmillan UK,
- The Idler Book of Crap Towns II (2006) Macmillan UK. (Telegraph review
- The "Idler" Book of Crap Holidays (2005) Bantam,
- How Very Interesting: Peter Cook's Universe and all that surrounds it (2006) Snow Books
- The Myway Code (with Ian Vince) (2006), Boxtree Ltd,
- I Fought the Law (2007), Bantam,
- The Book Of Idle Pleasures (2008), Ebury Press
- Three Men In A Float (with Ian Vince) (2008), John Murray Ltd,
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles (2009), John Murray Ltd,
- The Idle Traveller (2012), Automobile Association, Telegraph review
- The Surfboard (2018), Unbound,
- Do Start (2023), The Do Book Company,
External links
Notes and References
- http://unbound.co.uk/company Unbound website.
- https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/dec/18/book-publishing-digital-radical-pioneers "21st Century Publishing builds on a healthy radical tradition"
- https://www.thebookseller.com/news/boulton-appointed-managing-director-of-unbound-as-kieran-steps-down "Boulton appointed Managing Director of Unbound as Kieran steps down"
- Joe Barry, "Life in the fast lane not all it's made out to be", Independent (Ireland), 23 July 2014.
- William Leith, "The Idle Traveller by Dan Kieran: review", The Telegraph, 28 June 2012.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0090qzk "Three Men In A Float"
- News: Kieran . Dan . Why We Won't Fly Again . 29 January 2006 . 21 September 2006 . London. The Guardian.
- News: Kieran. Dan. Goodbye Magna Carta. 8 April 2007. 8 April 2007 . London. The Times.
- Web site: Kieran . Dan . Lovers Italy . 17 September 2006. 17 September 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071010061424/http://www.parentfriendly.co.uk/pfholiday_italy.html . 10 October 2007 .
- News: Kieran. Dan. Hawk Handling in Scotland. 27 October 2007. 10 February 2007 . London. The Times.
- News: Kieran. Dan. Quick, quick, slow. 10 February 2007. 10 February 2007. London. The Guardian. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070212095458/http://travel.guardian.co.uk/article/2007/feb/10/saturday.railtravel.green. 12 February 2007.