Shady Characters

Writing

Here are some of the articles and reviews I’ve written elsewhere.

• Keith Houston, “Paper Adaptations”, The Author, 2016.
• Keith Houston, “The Metallic Ink of Herculaneum Scrolls”, Wonders & Marvels, 2016.
• Keith Houston, “The Prints and the Pauper”, I Love Typography, 2016.
• Keith Houston, “The Mysterious Ancient Origins of the Book”, BBC.Com Culture, August–2016.
• Keith Houston, “Hats Off to the Circumflex”, New York Times, February–2016.
• Keith Houston, “Marks of Distinction”, Wall Street Journal, 2015.
• Keith Houston, “The Mysterious Origins of Punctuation”, BBC.Com Culture, 2015.
• Keith Houston, “A Brief History of the # and the @”, Penguin Blog, April–2015.
• Keith Houston, “Punctuation That Failed to Make Its Mark”, BBC.Com Culture, November–2015.
• Keith Houston, “The Evolution of Punctuating Paragraphs Through 5 Specific Markers”, Mental Floss, October–2015.
• Keith Houston, “5 Punctuation Marks That Look Nothing Like They Used To”, The Huffington Post, October–2014.
• Keith Houston, “Rain on Your Wedding Day”, 2013.
• Keith Houston, “Un Maximum De Sens Dans Un Minimum d’espace: L’histoire De La Ponctuation”, 2013.
• Keith Houston, “Smile! A History of Emoticons”, Wall Street Journal, September–2013.
• Keith Houston, “Irony”, Grammar Girl, September–2013.
• Keith Houston, “The Rise and Fall of the Infamous SarcMark”, The Daily Beast, September–2013.
• Keith Houston, “The Mysterious Manicule”, Lexicon Valley, September–2013.
• Keith Houston, “The Rise and Fall of the Pilcrow, Part II”, Lexicon Valley, September–2013.
• Keith Houston, “The Rise and Fall of the Pilcrow, Part I”, Lexicon Valley, September–2013.
• Keith Houston, “8 Punctuation Marks That Are No Longer Used”, The Huffington Post, September–2013.
• Keith Houston, “The History of #—and 6 Other Symbols That Rule Twitter (and the Web)”, Time.Com, September–2013.
• Keith Houston, “The Ancient Roots of Punctuation”, Page Turner, September–2013.
• Keith Houston, “The List: Keith Houston on Four Unusual Punctuation Marks”, Financial Times, October–2013.

Radio

I’ve appeared on 99% Invisible, BBC Radio 4’s Word of Mouth with Michael Rosen, Newstalk’s Moncrieff programme, Radio NZ’s Nine to Noon, ABC Radio National’s Sunday Extra, Monocle’s Section D, WGBH’s Innovation Hub and others.

My second book, The Book, was BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week for the week of the 14^th of May, 2018.

If you’d like me to write for your publication or to appear on your show, please get in touch.