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Because of You

The complete BBC radio series

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

According to Yes

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast drama

Joan of Arc, and How She Became a Saint

The No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller

Me. You. Not a Diary

Me. You. A Diary

The gloriously heartwarming novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of Because of You

Oh Dear Silvia

Four Classic TV Soundtracks

The Vicar of Dibley

A Tiny Bit Marvellous

Dear Fatty

The Twat Files

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Hilarious. The laughs and life lessons are ten-a-penny

It's charming and funny, a good reminder that nobody's perfect – and why would you want to be anyway?

Entertaining, endearing, tantalising. Fans of the national treasure will devour them

Hilarious and highly relatable. The perfect gift for anyone who loves a good laugh

Warm and sprinkled with celebrity stardust. Urges us to embrace our most embarrassing moments, instead of agonising over our humiliation.

These warts-and-all stories are as funny as you’d expect, as warm and supportive as you’d hope, and liberally sprinkled with celebrity stardust.

Dawn French is a national treasure. Loyal, self-deprecating and garrulous, her stories make for entertaining reading. This is an original book, and will delight her fans and, indeed anyone with a sense of humour

This woman is a warm hug in human form, spreading joy in abundance. She is dazzling

Fantastic, passionate, compassionate, so much wisdom, a lot of humour, very real and credible

An extraordinary book - sad, heartening, gripping and reassuringly human

We're told we've got to be perfect, and we've got filters and selfies and all we ever present is the good part. But in my life, there have been far too many times I have jumped the gun in a spectacular display of tw*ttery. Don't aspire to perfect! Go on your journey knowing you'll never get there! 
 
Dawn French is on a one-woman mission to encourage us all to be more at ease with our proneness to gaffes, our mistakes, our moments of sorrow and regret - to celebrate our shared ups and downs rather than pretending Instagram perfection.

Pre-order THE TWAT FILES and be one of the first to discover the truth behind the many, many times Dawn French has been a complete twat over the last sixty years. 
 
When I was younger I wanted to be an interesting, sophisticated, semi-heroic, multi-layered person. 
 
BUT. 
 
That kind of perfect is impossible. Being an actual twat is much more the real me. Sorry to boast, but I am a champion twat. 
 
In The Twat Files I will tell you about all the times I've been a total and utter twat. The moments where I've misunderstood stuff and messed up. In my life these have been key because: 
 
Mistakes tell us about ourselves. 
Mistakes tell us about others. 
Mistakes are hilarious. 
Mistakes expose our flaws. 
Mistakes show us ourselves honestly. 
Mistakes are gloriously human. 
 
My hope is that these stories might fire up yer engines to remind you of just what a massive twat you also are. 
 
Let's celebrate and revel in this most delightful of traits together. 
 
That would be perfectly twatty. 
 
Be a fellow twat and pre-order THE TWAT FILES now. 
 
'This woman is a national treasure' Mail on Sunday 
 
'Dawn French is a wonderful writer' Daily Mail

Dawn French has been making people laugh for 30 years. As a writer, comedian and actor, she has appeared in some of this country's most long-running and celebrated shows, including French and Saunders, The Vicar of Dibley, Jam and Jerusalem, and more recently, Roger and Val Have Just Got In. Her first three novels, A Tiny Bit Marvellous, Oh Dear Silvia and According to YES, are all Sunday Times bestsellers.

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Hilarious. The laughs and life lessons are ten-a-penny

It's charming and funny, a good reminder that nobody's perfect – and why would you want to be anyway?

Entertaining, endearing, tantalising. Fans of the national treasure will devour them

Hilarious and highly relatable. The perfect gift for anyone who loves a good laugh

Warm and sprinkled with celebrity stardust. Urges us to embrace our most embarrassing moments, instead of agonising over our humiliation.

These warts-and-all stories are as funny as you’d expect, as warm and supportive as you’d hope, and liberally sprinkled with celebrity stardust.

Praise for Dawn French

Dawn French is a national treasure. Loyal, self-deprecating and garrulous, her stories make for entertaining reading. This is an original book, and will delight her fans and, indeed anyone with a sense of humour

This woman is a warm hug in human form, spreading joy in abundance. She is dazzling

Fantastic, passionate, compassionate, so much wisdom, a lot of humour, very real and credible

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