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No Such Thing As A Fish interview
Wednesday 4th December 2019
No Such Thing As A Fish stars Anna Ptaszynski and James Harkin talk about the success of their podcast, and their new fact-filled book. Along the way, topics including old cats, cattle insemination and polar vortexes pop up.
Jeremy Hardy tribute book to be published
Friday 29th November 2019
A new book titled Jeremy Hardy Speaks Volumes is to be released to pay tribute to stand-up comedian Jeremy Hardy, who died in February.
Python release new country version of I'm So Worried
Wednesday 27th November 2019
Monty Python have released a new country and western single version of their 1980 album track I'm So Worried.
Adam Buxton to publish Ramble Book
Monday 18th November 2019
Adam Buxton is to publish Ramble Book, a memoir described as "very funny and at times incredibly poignant". He will also be embarking on a linked nationwide live tour.
Arthur Smith on The Joy of Not Going
Thursday 7th November 2019
An extract from Arthur Smith's book, in which he talks about the joy of cancelling social engagements and staying in.
Product news and reviews from other websites
Interview: Andrew Hunter Murray on his debut novel
In his debut novel The Last Day, QI Elf Andrew Hunter Murray writes about a world that's half in shadow, half in light.
Brinkwire, 30th March 2020Review - Check Up: Our NHS @ 70
As our already cash-strapped NHS is being pushed way beyond its limits by the current coronavirus crisis, it's a very good time to look again (although I missed it first time round) at Mark Thomas's passionate and meticulously researched show celebrating our health service's seventieth anniversary, which appeared in Edinburgh in 2018 and subsequently toured the UK. He's made it easier to do that by making this recording of a performance at Theatre Royal Wakefield during that tour 'free' to download for a limited time, conditional on a donation to the food bank charity the Trussell Trust, "anything from a quid to a million."
David Chadderton, British Theatre Guide, 25th March 2020New album from Ben Norris
He has done something more about scratching that musical itch, releasing the album Moral Vacuum, 12 songs which combine appealingly infectious melodies with wryly comic lyrics.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th March 2020Mark Thomas releases NHS show to support food banks
Mark Thomas has made his acclaimed show Check Up - Our NHS @ 70 available to raise money for the Trussell Trust.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th March 2020Pretty Funny's Rebecca Elliott Q&A
This month sees the release of Pretty Funny, a young adult book about a girl who is a massive comedy fan and wannabe stand-up. We talked to the author of Pretty Funny, Rebecca Elliott, about comedy awe, writing teenagers accurately and why a creme egg is necessary to the writing process...
Funny Women, 17th March 2020Transworld postpones launch of Ruth Jones's new novel
The publication of Ruth Jones's second novel Us Three (from Transworld) has been postponed from 14th May to 3rd September to avoid jeopardising promotional plans for book following the coronavirus outbreak.
Katherine Cowdrey, The Bookseller, 13th March 2020