Sam Jordison - MBA Literary Agents

Sam Jordison
Sam Jordison is a hugely talented, bright, young writer. He was co-editor of the bestselling Crap
Towns and the follow-up book - Crap Towns 2 - as well as writing four solo titles. He writes a regular
books column for The Guardian.
Books:
Sod That: 103 Things Not to Do Before You Die
Book agent: Susan Smith
Publisher: Orion
Published date: September 2008
Book category: Non-Fiction
For anyone who is fed up of being told what to do with their time, or made to feel inferior because
they don't want to fly half way round the planet on the off chance that a dolphin might swim
somewhere their vicinity, this is the perfect book. A slacker's bible, it is the anti-list book in a world
where we are surrounded with too many lists - '101 Things to Buy', '50 Things to do in Keighley' offering us all too many very avoidable treats. Who has the time to read all these lists, let alone
follow up on the suggestions? Is it really such a good idea to touch a tiger? All these ludicrous
suggestions should be treated with the contempt they deserve. In short, this is a very funny rallying
call for common sense and dignified indolence rather than wasteful over-activity. Now comes the
final and best list book of all time, easily trumping those books with 100 or 101 things to do, as Life's
Too Short comes up with the top 103 things not to do. You know it makes sense.
Bad Dates
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Book agent: Susan Smith
Publisher: John Murray
Published date: November 2006
Book category: Non-Fiction
Love, as the poets have been telling us since the beginning of time, is never easy. And finding love is
next to impossible. How can you locate that special someone when everyone out there is so awful?
And what could be worse than finding Mr or Ms Right - and them finding you utterly wrong? Dating is
generally a ritual of humiliation. And when dates go wrong, they go really wrong - with hilarious
results.
Sam Jordison invited people to submit their tales of dating woe to his website
www.whendatesgobad.co.uk, which went live on 3 February. Within ten days it was so popular it was
reported in The Independent and featured on Wogan's Radio 2 breakfast show. Sam was also
interviewed on Radio 5's lunchtime news, the World Service, RTE 2 in Ireland and so many local radio
stations he could hardly speak by the end of Valentine's Day.
This Christmas a compilation of the best stories of ruptured stomachs, hideous faux-pas and so much
more is now available in a side-splitting giftbook.
Crap Towns: The Top 50 Crap Towns of Britain
Book agent: Susan Smith
Publisher: Boxtree
Published date: October 2003
Book category: Non-Fiction
"Crap Towns" is a humerous guide to the 50 worst towns in Britain. From inner city poverty to
self-satisfied middle England, from the dull and the lifeless to the ugly and the depressing, no
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concrete monstrosity or phoney heritage centre will be left untouched. This title will prove that
Britain isn't just the place of warm beer, cosy bed and breakfasts and amiable old gits that some
travel books would have us believe. With burnt out cars, shell suits, cheap shoe shops and housing
estates patrolled by rabid dogs and feral kids, Britain can be every bit as challenging a destination as
the places gap year students and "serious" travellers' usually go for their poverty and misery kick.
"Crap Towns" started life on the website of "The Idler" magazine when readers were asked to write
short pieces on awful places they knew and despised. The idea captured imaginations throughout
the internet community, receiving countless word-of-mouth recommendations from websites, chat
rooms and weblogs. It is now a regular feature of "The Idler" and consists of statistics, anecdotes,
history and other bits of info sent in by readers.The book selects the top 50 crap towns in Britain and
reveals them in
Crap Towns II: To Hull and Back - A Nation Decides
Book agent: Susan Smith
Publisher: Boxtree
Published date: October 2004
Book category: Non-Fiction
From inner city poverty to self-satisfied middle England, from the dull and the lifeless to the ugly and
the depressing, Dan Kieran and Sam Jordison are back with a brand new list of towns - and this time
it's personal. Inspired by the success of the contentious survey, published in the Idler and in book
form in Boxtree's smash hit Crap Towns, residents of the original 50 towns, along with plenty of new
towns will have their say in Crap Towns II: To Hull and Back on why Britain isn't just the place of
warm beer, cosy bed and breakfasts and amiable old gits that some travel books would have us
believe. This brand new list of 50 towns will include new entries, non-movers and a new number one
based on the public's reaction to the burnt out cars, shell suits, cheap shoe shops and housing
estates patrolled by rabid dogs and feral kids that scar the face of this glorious kingdom. Are the
disgruntled residents of Hull right to consider their town the worst place to live in the country? Crap
Towns II will find out.
The Joy of Sects: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sects But
Were Afraid to Ask
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Book agent: Susan Smith
Publisher: Robson Books
Published date: November 2005
Have you always longed to join a cult but find yourself baffled by the huge choice? Which group has
the most interesting dress code? Will the membership fees be too steep? The answers to these and
many other questions are found in Cults. An explicit and fully illustrated handbook for anyone curious
about the mysterious ins and outs of religious belief, author Sam Jordison's witty and often
astonishing field guide takes in every compelling and bizarre faith system from Freemasonry to
Matrixism, Scientology to Kaballah. Few news stories lodge in the memory more vividly than the
discovery of new cults and their frequently cataclysmic madness, least of all the massacres at Waco
and Jonestown or the Tokyo subway gas attack. Countless films and novels have been produced
about hidden societies, Satan worshippers and the occult, and for every one that hits the news there
are dozens that people just don't know about - until now!
Annus Horribilis
Book agent: Susan Smith
Publisher: John Murray
Published date: November 2007
Book category: Non-Fiction
Mistakes, mishaps, cock-ups - they just aren't given the recognition they deserve. They make life interesting and human beings (some more
than others) have a genuine flair for them. So why does history only record the world's dull and worthy achievements?
Annus Horribilis sets the record straight by celebrating good old-fashioned failures. From the man whose spectacular escape from prison was
spoiled when he was eaten by a crocodile to the husband who choked to death on his own wife, via several exploding whales, numerous
celebrity meltdowns and countless predictions that proved to be wholly inaccurate, Annus Horribilis proves once and for all, that there's no
success like failure.
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