Local Author Publishes Book About Shedworking

Local journalist, blogger and author, Alex Johnson, who writes from his garden shed in central St. Albans and can ocassionally be seen posting here on St. Albans People, has published a book about "Shedworking".

The book is aimed at people who already work in garden offices, those who are thinking of doing so and those who are interested in new flexible working practices in general, as well as people who like architecture and especially microarchitecture. Hopefully it will inspire readers and reassure shedworkers that there is a large and growing movement of which they are a part and that they are not alone in their sheds. It's not specifically aimed at women but I do hope lots of women read it: books about sheds in the past have been aimed fairly squarely at men and I think shedworking is very much a female as well as a male phenomenon.

There are chapters on the best designs on the market, green shedworking, a series of case studies of shedworkers, working away from the garden office but in non-traditional offices e.g. coffee shops, how to build your own garden office, and a look at the future of shedworking and garden office designs. There's also a comprehensive list of suppliers, details of building/planning regulations and a useful bibliography/further information section.

Alex says, "I started working in a garden shed partly because there was nowhere else realistically in the house I could work in nor could I afford to move to a bigger house. It just seemed a natural thing to do. I'd always worked in a traditional office before but never really enjoyed it and this seemed like a perfect solution."

Alex's book is available for purchase online http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shedworking-Alternative-Revolution-Alex-Johnson/dp/071123082X/ref=pd_sim_b_1 although he's also encouraging folk to order it from their local independents.