List of known Books (in reverse chronological order) with Links where available…
- Wormwood Scrubs (April 2008)
- Tears Dry on Their Own (December 2007)
- The Books of Albion: The Collected Writings of Peter Doherty (2007)
- Spots, or Potting Shed (January 2007)
- 12 Steps (2006)
- Pranging Out (September 2006)
- Peacock Album (April 2006)
- Jail Dreams, or Silver Book (February 2006)
- Pentonville (January 2006)
- Church Book (Winter 2005-Spring 2006)
- Black Book (December 2005)
- Bile & Oh (October 2005)
- Hired Gun, or Black Fabric (August 2005)
- Down in Albion – The Observer (August 2005)
- Buttons (March 2005)
- Albion 47, or Palace Revolutionary Music Cabaret (2004)
- Babyshambles (October 2004)
- A’Rebours (July 2004)
- Baby Shambles LP (2004)
- PD (June 2004)
- Transparent (June 2004)
- Befuddled (May 2004)
- Libertine (April 2004)
- Stix & Stones (March 2004)
- Consumption (March 2004)
- This Charming Man (February 2004)
- Merry Go Round (February 2004)
- Montmartre, or Paris (January 2004)
- Find the Devil, or Scratches (October 2003)
- Lonely Villein, or Prison Diaries (September 2003)
- Fragility of Openness (compilation ended 2003)
- Boheme (July 2003)
- The Sweet By & By (Rehab 2003)
- Treasures of Britain (March 2003)
- Novella (March 2003)
- Sketches of Scandinavia (February 2003)
- All at Sea (December 2002)
- Albion 34 (September-October 2002)
- Campaign of Hate (July-September 2002)
- Up the Bracket (June 2002)
- Skint and Minted (December 2001-Spring 2002)
- Through the Looking Glass (July 2001)
- Poems Question (August 1999)
- Pop Metaphysical Itinerary (February 1999-May 1999)
- Thoughts, Words, and Deeds (September 1998-January 1999)
- No Days Off (1999)
- Unsorted
The Books of Albion are a series of journals, notebooks, and scrapbooks maintained by Peter Doherty. These started out as diaries, but soon became a forum for Doherty to explore his thoughts and poetry. As well as early versions of song lyrics, the Books of Albion often contain writings or drawings from various other people, whether Doherty’s close friends or one-time acquaintances, including Carl Barat, John Hassall, Mick Jones, Wolfman, Kate Moss, Mik Whitnall, Jake Fior, and the Queens of Noize.
The Books of Albion were made available through fans and friends on different websites, mainly babyshambles.com, babyshambles.net, and andrewkendall.com. Doherty has also published new Books of Albion through the website frenchdogblues.com.
In 2007, a compilation of journals was published under the title The Books of Albion: The Collected Writings of Peter Doherty.
Transcripts
Due to the difficulty in deciphering Doherty’s script, an incomplete transcript of the published books was made available online by fans, and you can download it below, It was later revisited by Jake (a member of the ‘Dreams From Arcadia’ FB group) & greatly improved.
Taking things to the next level Lex Newman from ‘Dreams From Arcadia’ has transcribed all available Books, a mammoth task! Thanks Lex!
FULL BOOKS OF ALBION TRANSCRIPT
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