Education
He is based in Norwich, United Kingdom and studied German and Business at the University of East Anglia.
He is based in Norwich, United Kingdom and studied German and Business at the University of East Anglia.
He is the author of three non-fiction books His first, Radio Head: Up and Down the Dial of British Radio, was published by Simon & Schuster in May 2009 and was selected as Book of the Week on British Broadcasting Corporation lieutenant was serialised in the Daily Mail and reviewed in The Daily Telegraph, and Scotland on Sunday. His third book, Don"t Need the Sunshine, was published by Associate of Arts Publishing in May 2013 and is being adapted for British Broadcasting Corporation He is the writer of several half-hour comedy shows including (2011), The Newsagent"s Window, Valentine"s Day (both 2013) and The New Blur Album (2014). was an adaptation of Osborne"s sell-out Edinburgh show.
The Newsagent"s Window was "Pick of the Week" in the Radio Times as chosen by journalist Eddie Mair.
Valentine"s Day stars Suki Webster, Ann Beach and Isy Suttie, and is the story of a chef, Sean, who recounts his life by looking through his old Valentine"s Day cards. The New Blur Album was "s "Comedy of the Week" and was a life story as told through the release of each new Blur album.
In 2010 he presented a show on the Norwich community station Future Radio where he played some of his favourite tracks from the collection. This was then turned into - a stage show for the 2011 Edinburgh fringe festival, where it enjoyed a complete sell out and five star reviews.
In 2012 the show completed a sixty date United Kingdom tour, including a run at the Soho Theatre and performances at festivals including Latitude, Glastonbury and Green Manitoba
John has been reviewed by prominent journalists and publications including: Gillian Reynolds of The Daily Telegraph, The Observer, Martin Kelner for The Guardian"," and Fordyce Maxwell on Scotland on Sunday. He has appeared as a guest on radio shows including Geoff Lloyd"s Absolute Radio Hometime Show, Jeremy Vine on Radio 2, Richard Bacon on 5 Live, Colin Murray on Radio 1, Shaun Keaveny on 6Music, Fred MacAuley on British Broadcasting Corporation Scotland, The Verb on Radio 3 and Niki Bedi on the British Broadcasting Corporation Asian Network. Osborne has worked in schools and universities in England, Germany and Austria.
Since 2013 he has been a patron of the Dignity in Dying campaign.
His second book, The Newsagent"s Window: Adventures in a World of Second-Hand Cars and Lost Cats, was published in April 2010 and was awarded best memoir at the East Anglian Book of the Year awards. His first collection of poetry Most people aren"t that happy, anyway was published by Nasty Little Press in 2013 and a poem from the collection was highly commended in that year"s prestigious Forward Prize. In 2002 Osborne won a box of records in a competition on John Peel"s Radio One show.
He is a member of the poetry collective Aisle16, who run Homework, a monthly night of literary cabaret at Bethnal Green Working Men"s Club.
