Brenda Monk Is Funny

Onion At The Fringe: Katy Brand

It’s that time of year again. The Edinburgh Fringe starts next week, and with a host of TVO favourites descending upon the city during the month of August, we’ll be bringing you an overview of the shows you simply have to see. To kick things off, here’s the first of our preview [...]

July 25, 2016 // 0 Comments

So Hot Right Now #2

Hello, dear Peelers, and welcome to The Velvet Onion!  For your regular news updates you used to find on our home page, click here.  But below, here’s what Dolly would say is sooo hot right now in Onion Land. AN EVENING WITH NOEL FIELDING BEGINS! The big news this week is that An Evening [...]

October 20, 2014 // 0 Comments

So Hot Right Now #1

Hello, dear Peelers, and welcome to The Velvet Onion!  For your regular news updates you used to find on our home page, click here.  But below, here’s what Dolly would say is sooo hot right now in Onion Land. COOKING UP A LOVER’S DREAM The former Nemo frontman returned with his new [...]

October 13, 2014 // 0 Comments

Pre-Order Your Katy Brand

Katy Brand‘s crowd-funded book Brenda Monk is Funny, is officially out to buy on 31st July. But for those of us not blessed with the patience gene, we can download the Kindle edition and pre-order the paper version now. In the book Katy uses her own experience of stand-up comedy to tell [...]

June 16, 2014 // 0 Comments

Brenda Monk Is Here

Katy Brand‘s crowd-funded first book Brenda Monk is Funny, is out on 31st July. Katy used her own experience of stand-up comedy to tell the story of Brenda Monk who is addicted to stand-up and the recognition it brings, her attempts to make it in a tricky business in which no slot on a [...]

June 8, 2014 // 1 Comment

“Brenda Monk Is Funny” Has All Your Money!

Katy Brand‘s crowd-sourced debut novel has reached its publication target, which means it will be winging its way to buyers asap! The novel, Brenda Monk Is Funny, was first announced 18 months ago via specialist publishers Unbound: a pay-to-publish scheme, which lets interested readers [...]

November 28, 2013 // 3 Comments

Jack And Jill And Katy… Quite Interesting!

Katy Brand will be appearing on QI in it’s forthcoming tenth series. The popular panel show features all round genius and loveable grand master of just about everything, Stephen Fry, posing a series of perplexing yet quite interesting questions to two teams, who must avoid stating the [...]

September 3, 2012 // 1 Comment

Brenda Monk Needs Your Pledges!

With just over a month to go until the end of her Unbound sponsorship, we’d like to remind you that the fabulous Katy Brand would love to provide you with her debut novel – and you can help that become a reality! The story of a woman who breaks into stand up comedy, Brenda Monk Is [...]

July 14, 2012 // 0 Comments

Brenda Monk Is Funny… For Your Money!

Katy Brand‘s Unbound appeal for her first novel, Brenda Monk Is Funny, is now up and running. The story of a woman who breaks into stand up comedy will be released via Unbound’s pay-to-publish scheme, which lets interested readers pledge various amounts in return for the book and [...]

May 24, 2012 // 3 Comments