Dan Kieran (born 10 June 1975) is a British

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, literary editor and

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. 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

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) of the publishing company Unbound and was its

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for the first eleven years. Kieran is author of ''Do Start: How to create and run a business that doesn't run you'', ''The Surfboard'',''The Idle Traveller'', ''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

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programme of the same name, which Kieran presented with Ian Vince and Prasanth Visweswaran. It aired on 27 February 2008. 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 ''Crap Towns: The 50 Worst Places to Live in the UK'','' Crap Towns II: The Nation Decides'', and ''Crap Towns Returns: Back by Unpopular Demand'', are a series of books edited by Sam Jordison and Dan Kieran, in association with UK quarterly ' ...

''. His writing credits include ''

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Published Books

* ''Crap Jobs: 100 Tales of Workplace Hell'' (2005) Harper Paperbacks,
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* ''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.
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* ''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,

* ''The Surfboard'' (2018), Unbound, * ''Do Start'' (2023), The Do Book Company,

References

External links

Telegraph: How to transition from co-founder to CEOThe Week: Dan Kieran on his slow travel philosophy''The Idler''Dan Kieran's websiteSME Today: Dan Kieran discusses the subject of his latest book, Do Start.Tony Blair's recommended reading list (top of the list: ''I Fought The Law'')
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