Pete Doherty is a hugely popular and critically acclaimed musician. He has been hailed as one the best songwriters to emerge from the British music scene for many years. He rose to fame with his band the Libertines and later Babyshambles. Notoriety in his personal life has sometimes overshadowed Doherty's musical career but his accomplishments have won him many fans in the industry, as well as a huge and dedicated public following. The press announcement of the publication of the journals was greeted with high-profile international coverage. Doherty's passion for poetry and art is well-documented and both have been published in a number of magazines. This is a superb, extraordinarily compelling book.

Aged 16, as winner of a British Council poetry competition, Pete Doherty embarked on poetry tour of Russia. He studied English Literature at the University of London for a year, before forming The Libertines with Carl Barat in the late nineties. They released two albums before falling apart; Babyshambles released 'Down in Albion' in November 2005; the single 'Fuck Forever' reached no.4 in the charts.