A new book featuring drawings and stories by Sir Billy Connolly will be released later this year
A new book by Billy Connolly featuring a collection of his artwork and stories will be released later this year.published by John Murray Press, will be released in hardback on October 24 of this year.- have all been major bestsellers with combined sales of over two million copies across all formats.In what are described as "elegant, simple lines", Connolly conjures up a land of"fantastic beasts, mysterious inventions, and blissful calm".
Nick Davies said:"It has been an absolute pleasure to work with Billy on his trilogy of huge Christmas bestsellers:is something completely fresh – a beautiful explosion of art, wild imagination and storytelling. It is a very special book from a very special man." This spring saw the BFI re-release of the intimate fly-on-the-wall documentary of Connoly’s groundbreaking 1975 tour of Dublin and BelfastThe comedian was first inspired to start drawing while on tour in Canada.
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