The Writing Hut
Alex JohnsonA behind the scenes look at the nuts and bolts of the writing life
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The Philosophy of Sheds: The Film!
Rather than the usual muse about the world of books, here’s a pleasant five minute excerpt from my A Drink with the Idler talk last week with the Idler magazine's editor Tom Hodgkinson about my latest book The Philosophy of Sheds published...
Marilyn Monroe's Ulysses
There is always a lot of interest when things owned by famous writers come to auction. Sylvia Plath’s rolling pin, Jane Austen’s childhood cup-and-ball ‘bilbocatch’ game, and Evelyn Waugh’s telescopic ear trumpet have all gone under the ham...
How much would you pay for a book?
I was at the Firsts London rare book fair at The Saatchi Gallery last week and wandered around in the company of various fellow representatives of the media at a preview session. There were plenty of intriguing items proudly on display but...
The Philosophy of Sheds
Third time’s the charm. Following my first published book in 2010 Shedworking: The Alternative Workplace Revolution, and then the Haynes Shed Manual (co-authored with John Coupe) in 2019, this is my final book concerning the type of micro-a...
Books of interest: #1
My father used to have a notebook in which he sensibly jotted down books that he liked the look of so that he would not forget them. I don’t have such a formal aide memoire, but I do have about half a dozen such lists in various places on m...
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I write non-fiction books on a range of subjects (art, sheds, food, music, and bookish topics). I'm also a journalist and contribute regular columns to the Idler and Fine Books magazines. I worked at the Independent newspaper 2007 2022.
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