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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.
Billy Connolly to publish storytelling book
Friday 12th July 2019
Billy Connolly is to publish some of his best stand-up routines in an illustrated book called Tall Tales And Wee Stories.
This Country stars to publish tie-in book
Wednesday 19th June 2019
Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper will publish a This Country book that "reveal the real s*** that goes down Kerry and Kurtan's village."
Stewart Lee to publish March Of The Lemmings book
Tuesday 11th June 2019
Stewart Lee is to publish March Of The Lemmings, a Brexit-themed book based on his newspaper columns.
Listen to Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Monday 3rd June 2019
Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse have released a joint memoir linked to their BBC fishing series. The audiobook version is particularly enjoyable, and features bonus material - we've got an exclusive clip in which we hear the comedy stars fishing for rainbow trout.
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Matthew Baynton to narrate 'funny history of Britain'
Actor Matthew Baynton will narrate the audiobook of 52 Times Britain Was A Bellend by James Felton.
Katie Mansfield, The Bookseller, 22nd August 2019OUP snaps up QI producer's debut children's series
Oxford University Press has snapped up rights to QI assistant producer Anne Miller's debut children's series, with illustrations by Becka Moor.
Katie Mansfield, The Bookseller, 22nd August 2019Why James Acaster thinks 2016 was music's best year
In his new book, Perfect Sound Whatever, the comedian argues 2016 was the greatest ever year for music. And, to be fair, he puts forward a compelling case.
Steven McIntosh, BBC, 22nd August 2019Tony Hawks: The A-Z Of Skateboarding review
The contents of this book don't really matter too much as its very existence is the gag.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 26th July 2019David Walliams narrates Judith Kerr's final book
David Walliams has narrated the audiobook of The Curse of the School Rabbit (HarperCollins), written and illustrated by Judith Kerr.
Heloise Wood, The Bookseller, 11th July 2019Review: I'm Only In It For The Parking by Lee Ridley
He's honest about his life without being mawkish or over-dramatic; emphasising his consistent point that disabled people are not intrinsically different from the non-disabled (or, probably more accurately, the 'not-yet disabled').
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 4th July 2019