‘In His Own Write’: John Lennon, Surrealist Writer, Storyteller, And Poet

‘In His Own Write’: John Lennon, Surrealist Writer, Storyteller, And Poet

The bookshop shelves of March 23, 1964 were filled with an unusual new release. It arrived courtesy of publishers Jonathan Cape in the UK and Simon & Schuster in America. In His Own Write was described in its advertising as “a collection of stories, anecdotes and poems, illustrated with 24 full-page drawings and 12 text decorations by the author.” The author in question was John Lennon.