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Taskmaster becomes a board game
Tuesday 24th September 2019
A board game based on hit TV comedy show Taskmaster has been launched.
Stewart Lee to launch his new book from a barge
Monday 9th September 2019
Stewart Lee is to launch his new book March Of The Lemmings by giving a reading on a barge.
New audio version of Up Pompeii! stage show
Monday 9th September 2019
A new audio adaptation of the Up Pompeii! stage show, written for Frankie Howerd, is to be recorded next month with a star cast.
Russell Kane announces memoir Son Of A Silverback
Friday 23rd August 2019
Russell Kane will publish his debut memoir, Son Of A Silverback, in October.
Special edition Fleabag script book announced
Wednesday 31st July 2019
A new edition of the original Fleabag play's script book is to be published, expanded with new material celebrating the cultural phenomenon.
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Katy Brand book extract
In an extract from her new book, Dirty Dancing superfan Katy Brand travels to the real-life Kellerman's resort where the film was set.
Katy Brand, i Newspaper, 11th October 2019Book Extract: I Carried A Watermelon by Katy Brand
A extract from Brand's book about Dirty Dancing.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 10th October 2019Audible secures rights for David Mitchell's new title
Audible, the world's leading provider of spoken-word entertainment, has secured worldwide English language audio rights to David Mitchell's new book Dishonesty Is The Second-Best Policy: And Other Rules To Live By, narrated by Mitchell himself.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th October 2019Mark Watson writes two more novels
The first, entitled Contacts, revolves around a man who sends a message to everyone in his phone contacts list, to tell them all that he plans to end his life - then turns his phone off, triggering response from friends, family and near-strangers across the world.
Chortle, 4th October 2019Sex Power Money by Sara Pascoe, review
Pascoe's second non-fiction book examines the interaction of sex, power and money, and the evolutionary forces behind our desire.
Marisa Bate, i Newspaper, 4th October 2019Review: March of the Lemmings by Stewart Lee
In the preamble to this collection of the astringently sour articles that he's written since the referendum, the comedian admits he's deepeningly cynical and depressed about the whole process. And let's face it, his persona was never Mr Sunshine in the first place.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 3rd October 2019