Dan Kieran

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Dan Kieran
Born (1975-06-10) 10 June 1975 (age 47)
OccupationAuthor, editor, publisher
Genre Travel, Slow Movement
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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]

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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]

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References

  1. Unbound website.
  2. "21st Century Publishing builds on a healthy radical tradition", The Guardian, 17 August 2013.
  3. "Boulton appointed Managing Director of Unbound as Kieran steps down", The Bookseller, 31 March 2022.
  4. Joe Barry, "Life in the fast lane not all it's made out to be", Independent (Ireland), 23 July 2014.
  5. William Leith, "The Idle Traveller by Dan Kieran: review", The Telegraph, 28 June 2012.
  6. "Three Men In A Float", BBC.
  7. Kieran, Dan (29 January 2006). "Why We Won't Fly Again". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 21 September 2006.
  8. Kieran, Dan (8 April 2007). "Goodbye Magna Carta". The Times. London. Retrieved 8 April 2007.
  9. Kieran, Dan (17 September 2006). "Lovers Italy". Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2006.
  10. Kieran, Dan (27 October 2007). "Hawk Handling in Scotland". The Times. London. Retrieved 10 February 2007.
  11. Kieran, Dan (10 February 2007). "Quick, quick, slow". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 12 February 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2007.