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Michael Legge to publish his first book
Friday 11th June 2021
Michael Legge has written his first book. Strawberries To Pigs - due to be published this summer - features selected extracts from the stand-up's popular blog, which ran from 2008 to 2019, and newer material.
Comedian Ed Patrick to publish anaesthetist book
Friday 11th June 2021
Comedian Ed Patrick, who also works as an anaesthetist, is to publish a memoir called Catch Your Breath.
Max Boyce to publish new book
Monday 7th June 2021
Max Boyce is to publish his first book of stories, songs and poems for more than 40 years. The Welsh comedian and singer is to release Max: Hymns & Arias - The Selected Stories, Songs and Poems of Max Boyce in September.
Paddy McGuinness announces autobiography My Lifey
Friday 4th June 2021
Paddy McGuinness has written his autobiography. My Lifey will be published at the end of October by Ebury.
Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction 2021 shortlist revealed
Sunday 30th May 2021
The books by Dolly Alderton, Naji Bakhti, Diksha Basu, Guy Kennaway, Hilary Leichter and Lauren Oyler have been shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2021.
Taskmaster treasure hunt book to be published in September
Wednesday 26th May 2021
A new Taskmaster book - Bring Me The Head Of The Taskmaster: 101 Next Level Tasks - is to be published in September 2021.
Sadia Azmat to publish Sex Bomb memoir
Monday 24th May 2021
Comedian Sadia Azmat is to publish Sex Bomb, a "conversation-starting memoir" that "offers a whole new look at the experiences of a Muslim woman."
Victor Meldrew to return
Wednesday 5th May 2021
Victor Meldrew is being brought back from the dead, to suffer the indignities of the 21st century. Creator David Renwick has written a new novel called One Foot in the Grave and Counting.
Andi Osho is writing a novel about a stand-up comedian
Friday 23rd April 2021
Andi Osho is returning to stand-up... kind of. Her loosely autobiographical second novel, Tough Crowd, will focus on an aspiring stand-up.
Unseen Victoria Wood scripts to be published
Tuesday 20th April 2021
A book featuring previously unseen Victoria Wood scripts is to be published by her official biographer Jasper Rees.