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Jon Day is a British writer, critic and academic. He teaches English at King's College London. [1] His essays and reviews have appeared in the London Review of Books , [2] n+1, [3] the New York Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, [4] and The Guardian . [5] He is also a regular fiction critic for The Daily Telegraph [6] and the Financial Times , [7] and writes about art for Apollo magazine. [8]

Day's first book, Cyclogeography, a philosophical memoir about the years he spent as a London bicycle courier, was published in 2015 to critical acclaim. [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] His second, Homing, was published in 2019. [17] He was a judge for the 2016 Man Booker Prize, [18] and for the 2019 Wellcome Book Prize. [19]

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References

  1. ↑ "King's College London - Dr Jon Day". www.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Jon Day · LRB". www.lrb.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Day/Jon". n+1. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "You searched for Jon Day – TheTLS". TheTLS. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Day, Jon (1 May 2015). "The secret life of a cycle courier". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Jon Day". The Telegraph. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "FT". Financial Times. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "Jon Day, Author at Apollo Magazine". Apollo Magazine. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  9. ↑ Kellaway, Kate (25 May 2015). "Cyclogeography: Journeys of a London Bicycle Courier review – life, the universe and everything on two wheels". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  10. ↑ Lezard, Nicholas (11 October 2016). "Cyclogeography by Jon Day review – mysticism, racing and trying to get lost". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  11. ↑ Sunyer, John (19 June 2015). "'Cyclogeography: Journeys of a London Bicycle Courier', by Jon Day" . Financial Times . Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  12. ↑ "Cyclogeography: Journeys of a London Bicycle Courier by Jon Day, book" . The Independent. 2 July 2015. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  13. ↑ readers, Guardian (26 December 2015). "Readers' books of the year 2015". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  14. ↑ "The life and times of the London cycle courier". www.newstatesman.com. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  15. ↑ "The best books about London". Evening Standard. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  16. ↑ Observer, The (12 July 2015). "Best holiday reads 2015". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  17. ↑ Moran, Joe (7 June 2019). "Homing by Jon Day review – on pigeons and why we return". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  18. ↑ "Jon Day | The Man Booker Prizes". themanbookerprize.com. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  19. ↑ "Jon Day | Wellcome Book Prize". wellcomebookprize.org. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
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