British writer, critic and academic
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]
^ "King's College London - Dr Jon Day" . www.kcl.ac.uk . Retrieved 4 October 2016 .
^ "Jon Day · LRB" . www.lrb.co.uk . Retrieved 15 November 2016 .
^ "Day/Jon" . n+1 . Retrieved 15 November 2016 .
^ "You searched for Jon Day – TheTLS" . TheTLS . Retrieved 15 November 2016 .
^ Day, Jon (1 May 2015). "The secret life of a cycle courier" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 15 November 2016 .
^ "Jon Day" . The Telegraph . Retrieved 15 November 2016 .
^ "FT" . Financial Times . Retrieved 15 November 2016 .
^ "Jon Day, Author at Apollo Magazine" . Apollo Magazine . Retrieved 15 November 2016 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ Sunyer, John (19 June 2015). " 'Cyclogeography: Journeys of a London Bicycle Courier', by Jon Day" . Financial Times . Retrieved 15 November 2016 .
^ "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 .
^ readers, Guardian (26 December 2015). "Readers' books of the year 2015" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 15 November 2016 .
^ "The life and times of the London cycle courier" . www.newstatesman.com . 13 February 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016 .
^ "The best books about London" . Evening Standard . 3 December 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2016 .
^ Observer, The (12 July 2015). "Best holiday reads 2015" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 15 November 2016 .
^ 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 .
^ "Jon Day | The Man Booker Prizes" . themanbookerprize.com . Retrieved 4 October 2016 .
^ "Jon Day | Wellcome Book Prize" . wellcomebookprize.org . Retrieved 11 June 2019 .