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A TV comedy writer seeks answers in nature
Carl Gorham, TV comedy writer, has produced three books. All of them called My Life in a Garden - Love, loss and mulch: a single dad seeks answers in nature. That's not quite true. Gorham has in fact published several books, for children and adults. But this, his latest, tells three different stories, sneaking under the cover of that one title.
Isabel Lloyd, The Tablet, 6th June 2025Joanna Page: I wrote autobiography in pub car park
As she turns the next page of her career, Joanna Page felt the time was right for her autobiography. The only problem was finding the right time and place to actually write it.
Matt Lloyd, BBC, 4th June 2025Rebecca Humphries writes her first novel
Maiden, Mother, Crone is a satirical folk-horror mystery about a local am-dram star.
Chortle, 20th May 2025I Love You, Byeee by Adam Buxton review
A book that is by turns stupid, zany, and surprisingly charming.
Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, 15th May 2025Nigel Planer writes his memoirs
The book, entitled Young Once: A Life Less Heavy, will be published by John Murray Press in September, with Planer reading the audiobook version.
Chortle, 14th May 2025