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20th November 2008

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Another Booky Wook for Hodder

12.03.08 Anna Richardson

Hodder has signed a new book from Russell Brand, to be released in time for Christmas this year. The deal for world rights was struck by Ben Dunn, Hodder publisher for entertainment, with Nik Linnen at the John Noel Agency, on the eve of Hodder's sales conference last week (6th March).

According to Hodder, the book can loosely be described as "Russell's rantings". It will comprise new material from Brand, said Dunn, with ruminations on some of his favourite subjects including "football, sex and the school rabbit".

Last year, Brand's My Booky Wook became the Christmas number one bestseller, and Dunn, who edits Brand's titles, said that where My Booky Wook was all about Brand himself, the second would be "about everything else".

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