Dan Richards

"How civilized to catch a train, enjoy a meal on board and then go to bed in a cozy cabin while the moonlit world zips past." Such a treat to work with @Dan_Zep nytimes.com/2025/05/18/opi…

Tonight! @robbiecowen joins @Dan_Zep to talk The North Road, described by Robert Macfarlane as "a haunting exploration of time, place and memory along the road to London-Edinburgh highway." Info & to book here: toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinbur… #RobCowen #WhatsonEdinburgh #DanRichards

Here is everything I have discussed this week! thesecretbookreview.co.uk/post/books-in-… Highlights include: @CanongateProofs @Dan_Zep @wbrucecameron @panmacmillan @iconbooks @emmacowing @AMShineWriter @HoZ_Books @BradfordTheatre @PeterJamesStage #ThisBrightLife #KarenCampbell…

✨✨ NEW BOOK MAIL ✨✨ This week, I was thrilled to receive a special delivery of book mail—all from the incredible @canongatebooks It's always exciting to get my hands on new reads, and these editions are stunning. The books are: 💌This Bright Life by @writerkcampbell…

Delighted to be speaking about Overnight in Manchester on Monday (July 7th). I'll be in conversation with James David at Blackwells @BlackwellsMcr from 6:30PM - ticket details here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/overnight-da… – do come along!

Night shift – a wonderful review of my Overnight book in the Winnipeg Free Press winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/… Thanks to Chris Smith at @WinnipegNews

Overnight is writer @Dan_Zep taking a deep dive into what happens after dark buzzmag.co.uk/overnight-dan-…

"This is not a book for cynics. It is a paean of gratitude to every form of labor in the wee small hours, packed with enough fun facts for an entire pub quiz." ✍️ A.S.H. Smyth trib.al/Itfk6Hv

Recently published by Canongate, @Dan_Zep's 'Overnight' is an immersive hybrid of investigative journalism, personal memoir and nocturnal psychogeography, writes @AndyChilds3 🌛 caughtbytheriver.net/2025/06/overni…

I want to make the joke @Dan_Zep’s book sends me to sleep. But it has the opposite effect. Great stuff - recommended.

"This is not a book for cynics. It is a paean of gratitude to every form of labor in the wee small hours, packed with enough fun facts for an entire pub quiz." ✍️ A.S.H. Smyth trib.al/tOzal4y

Such a lovely conversation last Thursday between authors, @calflyn and @Dan_Zep, at the Mount Florida Bookshop in Glasgow. I was struck by Dan Richard’s humour and deep empathy towards those who toil away throughout the night to make the world both safe and function properly…

You can now read International-Booker-Prize-Winner Banu Mushtaq’s acceptance speech, in full, over on our Ampersand blog: andotherstories.org/2025/05/21/ban…

Monocle on Culture: @RobertBound is joined in the studio by @Dan_Zep to discuss his new book ‘Overnight: Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark’, published by @canongatebooks monocle.com/radio/shows/mo…

This afterrnoon 👍

Delighted to appear on the @railway200 podcast, talking about my grandfather’s work on the travelling post office between Bristol and Plymouth, and my journey on a modern mail train in December 2023 railway200.co.uk/podcast/dan-ri…

Happy publication day to Dan Richards for this banger of a book. It's funny & moving & generously various in its voices –– a journey after dark in two senses.

Be inspired by Dan Richards who joins us to discuss his book 'Overnight' sharing journeys, conversations and stories of after dark 🌙 📌Society and Online, 12 May 👉Book rgs.org/events/upcomin…

Bats of Buckfastleigh: @Dan_Zep introduces a chiropteran extract from his latest book ‘Overnight: Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark’ — a celebration of all things nocturnal 🦇 caughtbytheriver.net/2025/04/bats-o… Photo courtesy Pam Barrett/Phil Wilson

Thanks to @ObsNewReview for today's lovely review of Overnight. I was delighted that @HephzibahA spoke of the book so warmly and made particular mention of the ideas of kindness and benevolence at its heart. #freewheelingcharm #overnight #danrichards #canongate #observerbooks