Books by John-Paul Flintoff

Between them, my books have been published in 16 languages. They include non-fiction, fiction, illustrated poetry, how-to and memoir and have been sold in all good bookshops.

Recently I’ve enjoyed signing copies of my book and sending them out to buyers from the Shop right here on the website where I’ve lived online for nearly 25 years.


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A Speccy Man Has A Breakdown

A psychiatric admission. New spectacles. A sketchbook.

“Tough, shining, fiercely charming” – Rhik Samadder. Learn more.

How to Change the World
A manual for ambitious revolutionaries with a heart

Lessons from politics, the arts, philosophy, psychology – and evidence from history.

Watch this.

A Modest Book About How To Make An Adequate Speech by John-Paul Flintoff (book cover, front)
About (you guessed it) speaking and presenting

“Learn, as I have, from John-Paul Flintoff. Highly recommend”

- Terry Szuplat, speechwriter to US president Barack Obama.

Sew Your Own book cover
True story of a man who went searching for meaning and ended up making his own Y-fronts.

Published by Profile, 2011.

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Book cover of “Comp: a survivor's tale" by John-Paul Flintoff
Memoir about an inner-city education

Published by Gollancz, 1998.

Creative guide for the family minded

Published by Faber & Faber, 2015.

Fiction. Set in the last days of Queen Anne.

Published by Unbound, 2016.

Debut illustrated poetry collection

Words and pics by me.

Published by SPCK, 2022.