He is the author of several books including Expensive Habits: The Dark Side of the Industry, the Somerset Maugham Prize-winning The End of Innocence: Britain in the Time of AIDS, The Wrestling, The Nation's Favourite: The True Adventures of Radio 1, and Mauve.[2]
In 2010 his book Just My Type was published, exploring the history of typographic fonts.[3][4]
Garfield appeared on 25 February 2013 episode of The Colbert Report to discuss why he wrote On the Map.
Garfield's book To the Letter: A Curious History of Correspondence is one of the inspirations behind the charity event Letters Live.[5]
Bibliographyedit
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2016)
Booksedit
Garfield, Simon (1986). Expensive habits: the dark side of the music industry. London: Faber.
Money for Nothing: Greed and Exploitation in the Music Industry (1986)
The End of Innocence: Britain in the Time of AIDS (1994)
The Wrestling (1996)
The Nation's Favourite: The True Adventures of Radio One (1998) – (account of turmoil at BBC radio station)
Our Hidden Lives: The Everyday Diaries of a Forgotten Britain (2004) – (interwoven threads from five diaries from post-World War II Britain)
We are at War: The Remarkable Diaries of Five Ordinary People (2005) – (interwoven accounts from five diaries from the period preceding World War II)
Private Battles: Our Intimate Diaries – How the War Almost Defeated Us (2006) – (interwoven accounts from four diaries of ordinary Britains living through World War II)
The Error World: An Affair With Stamps (2008) – (memoir of the author's stamp collecting obsession)
The Wrestling – (British wrestling and its eccentric performers and fans)
Exposure: The Unusual Life and Violent Death of Bob Carlos Clarke (2009) – (Irish photographer and suicide)
Mini: The True and Secret History of the Making of a Motor Car (2009)
^ abcde. Debrett's. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012.
^ ab"Simon Garfield", Faber & Faber, retrieved 6 July 2011
^Gompertz, Will (2010) "Gomp/arts: Simon Garfield: A man of letters", BBC, 18 October 2010, retrieved 6 July 2011
^Glancey, Jonathan (2010) "Just My Type by Simon Garfield and Manuale Tipographico by Giambattista Bodoni – review", The Guardian, 4 December 2010, retrieved 6 July 2011
^"Jamie Byng: 'Listening to letters being read out is quite something'". the Guardian. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^"On The Map: Why the world looks the way it does". Profile Books. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
^Garfield, Simon (25 October 2013). "Simon Garfield: in praise of the letter". Retrieved 21 October 2020 – via www.theguardian.com.
External linksedit
Official website
Our Hidden Lives, 2005 film-page
The Unfolding Story of Maps: Dragon Warnings to Smartphone Screens (Published 2012) Janet Maslin, The New York Times, 18 December 2012
Video of Garfield's interview with Colbert
January 19, 2024
simon, garfield, simon, frank, garfield, born, march, 1960, british, journalist, fiction, author, 2009, contents, biography, bibliography, books, references, external, linksbiography, editgarfield, born, london, 1960, educated, independent, university, college. Simon Frank Garfield born 19 March 1960 1 is a British journalist and non fiction author Simon Garfield 2009 Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 2 1 Books 3 References 4 External linksBiography editGarfield was born in London in 1960 2 He was educated at the independent University College School in Hampstead London and the London School of Economics where he was executive editor of The Beaver He won the Guardian NUS Student Journalist of the Year award in 1981 and the same year he became a sub editor at the Radio Times 1 He wrote scripts for BBC radio documentaries in the early 1980s 1 He also wrote for Time Out magazine acting as editor from 1988 to 1989 1 He has written for newspapers such as The Independent The Independent on Sunday and The Observer and was named Mind Journalist of the Year in 2005 1 He was among the clients of Pat Kavanagh at United Agents He is the author of several books including Expensive Habits The Dark Side of the Industry the Somerset Maugham Prize winning The End of Innocence Britain in the Time of AIDS The Wrestling The Nation s Favourite The True Adventures of Radio 1 and Mauve 2 In 2010 his book Just My Type was published exploring the history of typographic fonts 3 4 Garfield appeared on 25 February 2013 episode of The Colbert Report to discuss why he wrote On the Map Garfield s book To the Letter A Curious History of Correspondence is one of the inspirations behind the charity event Letters Live 5 Bibliography editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items March 2016 Books edit Garfield Simon 1986 Expensive habits the dark side of the music industry London Faber Money for Nothing Greed and Exploitation in the Music Industry 1986 The End of Innocence Britain in the Time of AIDS 1994 The Wrestling 1996 The Nation s Favourite The True Adventures of Radio One 1998 account of turmoil at BBC radio station Mauve How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World 2000 Victorian chemist William Perkin and his development of synthetic dyes W W Norton amp Company ISBN 0 393 02005 3 The Last Journey of William Huskisson 2002 pioneering development of steam railways in Britain Our Hidden Lives The Everyday Diaries of a Forgotten Britain 2004 interwoven threads from five diaries from post World War II Britain We are at War The Remarkable Diaries of Five Ordinary People 2005 interwoven accounts from five diaries from the period preceding World War II Private Battles Our Intimate Diaries How the War Almost Defeated Us 2006 interwoven accounts from four diaries of ordinary Britains living through World War II The Error World An Affair With Stamps 2008 memoir of the author s stamp collecting obsession The Wrestling British wrestling and its eccentric performers and fans Exposure The Unusual Life and Violent Death of Bob Carlos Clarke 2009 Irish photographer and suicide Mini The True and Secret History of the Making of a Motor Car 2009 Just My Type A Book About Fonts Profile Books Ltd 2010 On the Map Why the World Looks the Way it Does Profile Books Ltd 2012 6 To the Letter A Curious History of Correspondence A Celebration of the Lost Art of Letter Writing Canongate 2013 7 as editor A Notable Woman The Romantic Journals of Jean Lucey Pratt Canongate 2015 Timekeepers How The World Became Obsessed With Time Canongate 2016 In Miniature How Small Things Illuminate The World Canongate 2018 Dog s Best Friend A Brief History of an Unbreakable Bond Weidenfeld amp Nicolson 2020 All the Knowledge in the World The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopaedia Orion Publishing 2022 References edit a b c d e Simon Garfield Esq Debrett s Archived from the original on 11 September 2012 a b Simon Garfield Faber amp Faber retrieved 6 July 2011 Gompertz Will 2010 Gomp arts Simon Garfield A man of letters BBC 18 October 2010 retrieved 6 July 2011 Glancey Jonathan 2010 Just My Type by Simon Garfield and Manuale Tipographico by Giambattista Bodoni review The Guardian 4 December 2010 retrieved 6 July 2011 Jamie Byng Listening to letters being read out is quite something the Guardian 6 March 2016 Retrieved 22 December 2022 On The Map Why the world looks the way it does Profile Books Retrieved 13 August 2022 Garfield Simon 25 October 2013 Simon Garfield in praise of the letter Retrieved 21 October 2020 via www theguardian com External links editOfficial website Our Hidden Lives 2005 film page The Unfolding Story of Maps Dragon Warnings to Smartphone Screens Published 2012 Janet Maslin The New York Times 18 December 2012 Video of Garfield s interview with Colbert Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Simon Garfield amp oldid 1152194230, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
