The hilarious guide to the countryside you never knew you needed, from up-and-coming TikTok-and Instagram-hit comedian Killian Sundermann.Welcome to the countryside! A place of rolling hills, winding rivers and natural beauty. Or is it? Killian Sundermann is here to give us his deeply uninformed, highly opinionated tips for country living.He weighs in on everything from his favourite stone walls, to mountain climber's emotional issues and hi...

WHAT MAKES US HAPPY? BILL BAILEY PLAYS CRAZY GOLF AND HUGS TREES TO FIND OUT.'A warm, funny read, full of personal anecdotes and love letters to things that bring Bill Bailey pleasure' Sunday Mirror**'Very thoughtful and written in a delightfully humorous and accessible way... Guaranteed to make [you] smile' Daily ExpressIs there a knack to being happy? From paddle-boarding down the Thames in a Sa...

**FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR**'Life-affirming' - THE TELEGRAPH'Wonderful' - INDEPENDENT'She made it her mission to learn how to be default happy rather than default disgruntled' - RADIO 4 - WOMAN'S HOUR'Take a leaf out of Gray's book and be kinder to yourself by appreciating life just as it is' - IRISH TIMES

'There are prizes, normally named after PG Wodehouse, given to literary comic novels and non-fiction, and these books will have blurbs saying "hilarious" on them. This is infinitely funnier than any of them' DAVID BADDIEL***'***The funniest series of books ever written in the English language' RICHARD OSMAN'Hilarious' THE TIMES'Absolute f**king genius' CAITLIN MORAN

'Screamingly funny...a splendidly effervescent and enjoyable book' Daily MailOne part Lonely Planet, one part tell-all family memoir, this is the definitive and hilarious guide on how to survive family holidays.No one has more experience of travelling together than the Whitehalls. They've given us a window into their escapades in the hit Netflix show, Travels With My Father, and in this brilliantly funny book they've pooled their advice for fello...

*Includes the winner of the 2021 BBC National Short Story Award*'Outstanding.' Guardian'Eleven perfect stories.' Irish Independent'Glorious.' The Times'My FAVE collection ever.' Pandora SykesIn eleven stories, Intimacies exquisitely charts the steps and missteps of young women trying to find their place in the world. From a Belfast student ordering illegal drugs online to end an unwan...

'Joyous, wise, reassuring and laugh-out-loud funny. I love these two women so much.' Elizabeth Day'The two funniest women on planet earth right now.' Dolly Alderton'I want to be Fi and Jane when I grow up.' Clare Balding'A book like no other. Honest and very, very funny. Some bits made me want to cheer.' Sara Cox**'**If you loved the late, great Victoria Wood, then you'll love Fi and...

A marketer learns the limitations of language in this "hilarious" and thought-provoking satire ( Flux Magazine).Miles Platting is pulled from the ruins of a shipwreck into a hospital in which no one will speak to him. The founder of Lingua Franca—a naming rights agency committed to renaming every UK town after a corporate sponsor—Miles is desperate to recount the story of his quest for linguistic supremacy to anyone who'll listen.Confined to his be...

William McInnes, one of Australia's best-known storytellers and actors, has turned to a subject that is close to his heart. Fatherhood is about family, about memories of his father and the memories he's creating as a dad himself, with his own son and daughter.Warm, witty and nostalgic, these tales are just like a friendly chat over the back fence, or the banter of a backyard BBQ. They will stir your own memories: of hot summer days and cooling off under the sprinkler while Dad work...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author and former World Poetry Slam Champion, Harry Baker's third collection is his most ambitious yet. Following on from the success of Unashamed (Burning Eye, 2022), Harry Baker combines the insight of a mathematician and the vulnerability of the poet to find wonder in the little things that make life so precious. From a poem about wellies becoming an exploration of masculinity, a poem planning his own funeral inspiring thousands around the world to do t...

Sir Terry Wogan shares his opinion on just about everything from money, relationships, manners, fame, to life in general.This little work is designed to bring you back, again and again, to refresh your view and attitude to life, living and everything in between. You will find no easy answers to your dilemmas here, rather an alternative view of how to approach them. Or to be honest, just Sir Terry's view. You never know, you might even agree with him...THE L...

The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its ninth year.Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering anthologies, collections, magazines, newspapers and web sites, looking for the b...