Tag Archives: writing

21Jan/13

A quick city guide to Birmingham, in The Guardian

21 January 2013my projectsguardian, work, writingJon Bounds

The best jokes never make it past the subs, but here's a thing I wrote for the Guardian recently. [link]

12Nov/12

By and about

12 November 2012birminghamuk, misc, writing11 bus, BiNS, writingJon Bounds

There was a piece featuring me and the sale of BiNS on the BBC News site last week. As ever with ‘news’ I felt the interesting stuff didn’t make it to theRead More…

12Jul/12

Fused – Special edition

12 July 2012portfolio, writingDavid Shrigley, fused, interview, magazine, Napalm Death, Peter Hook, writingJon Bounds

Fused magazine, which (as well as sister publication Area) I’ve done stuff for in the past, has just released a very special edition. It’s thick, beautiful and perfect bound and it’s theRead More…

29Mar/12

Spreading the word about the mayoral referendum

29 March 2012writingArea, birminghamuk, mayor, refereundum, writingJon Bounds

I’ve been supporting the Yes campaign for an elected mayor in Birmingham, and one of the big issues is awareness that the referendum is even happening (one poll said less than 40% knew)Read More…

09Mar/12

NewsJack — writing comedy quickly

9 March 2012misc, my projects, writingBBC, comedy, newsjack, The Jung Ones, writingJon Bounds

I like to think I’m an amusing writer, and that I can think quickly. Doing a radio show for a couple of years I think demonstrated that, and I’ve tried my handRead More…

04Mar/12

Buy, or get free, some ebooks I’ve written

4 March 2012portfolio, writingebook, ebooks, publishing, writingJon Bounds

I’ve been experimenting with ebook publishing, once the sheer hellish pain of writing something you’re happy with is over the format, upload and sales part is fairly easy. Well, when I sayRead More…

28Feb/12

Pier Review review

28 February 2012art, portfolio, writingDanny Smith, midge, pier review, psychogeogrpahy, writingJon Bounds

I’m currently knee deep in postcards, books about the seaside and still have sand in my good pumps. It’s nearly six months since I spent two weeks traveling around all of EnglandRead More…

01Apr/09

Fiction

1 April 2009my projects, writingme, short story, tindal street press, writingJon Bounds

I don’t write fiction much, haven’t for years, but I decided to see if I could knock something out for Tindal Street Press‘s Roads Ahead compilation. The brief was simply a “substantialRead More…

16Mar/09

Danny Smith on when comedy is “just a bit shit”

16 March 2009found stuffcomedy, Danny Smith, writingJon Bounds

“Wehn is a German fella that’s looks like a cross between a scrotal sack and a sock puppet made by an abusive uncle, and his entire act rests on his nationality, andRead More…

17Sep/08

Fused – Student Issue – How to avoid students when drinking

17 September 2008found stuffbirminghamuk, fused, link, myprojects, ramblings, writingJon Bounds

An article I wrote about "how to avoid students" in Brum — for a magazine aimed at them. [link]