Liam Williams – författare

''A total joy'' Laura Kay, author of The Split''Hilarious and unexpectedly moving'' Richard Roper, author of Something to Live For''Brilliantly written, properly funny and poignant, and such a great takedown of the more absurd aspects of life in the 21st century.'' Tom Ellen, author of All About Us''A delightful and unique take on travel writing.'' Katy Wix, author of DelicacyThe setting: Europe. A continent overrun by tourism, where tapas-crawlers cross paths with machine-gun-wielding cops, graffiti tour guides collide with anti-gentrification protestors and, in one classy mountain retreat, a bored pâtissier teaches mindful croissant-making to a bereaved luggage designer. Witness to this outlandish international spectacle is Mark, comically self-conscious and often thoroughly disturbed by modern life. In his 30s and working as a copywriter for an online travel company despite never having personally ventured further than France, Mark is determined to make up for lost time by embarking on the kind of freewheeling summer expedition he''s always dreamed of. And even if his revered older cousin Paris is unable to join him on the trip, he''s determined not to let that hold him back. Mark can always email the mysteriously absent Paris about the homes and experiences he has along the way, in intricate and often hilarious detail. Described by The Times as ''one of the finest comic minds of Generation Y'', award-winning comedian Liam Williams brings his inimitable mix of humour and pathos to his unforgettable debut novel.

From Liam Williams, a two-time Edinburgh Festival Award Nominated comedian, comes a rich storytelling series about Liam''s teenage misadventures in the Yorkshire suburbs. The first series delves into Liam''s memories of his first fight, virginity loss, the best house party ever organised, and his marvellous outwitting of an entire teaching staff. This is the New Labour, post-mining, aspirational heartland, meeting 50 Cent and Generation Y ennui, represented in a bourgeois radio format - by one of Britain''s most exciting comedians.Series two sees Liam anxiously awaiting A-Level results before trying to find his feet in a most alien of new environments, Cambridge University. There, he searches for hedonism, torn between the laddish drinking societies and the artsy intelligentsia of Cambridge University.Liam Williams is a critically acclaimed comedian, known for his wry poetic presentation style. He was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2013 Edinburgh Fridge Comedy Awards, and for Best Show at the 2014 awards. He has appeared as a guest stand up on Russell Howard’s Good News, and on Channel 4’s Drunk History. His successful mockumentary series on BBC Three in 2017 was called Pls Like, about a man trying to become a YouTube star.The series was recorded in Leeds and stars teens from Yorkshire as the young Liam and his mates. Ladhood received a commendation for Best Scripted Comedy at the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2018.Produced by Arnab Chanda (Series 1) and Joseph Nunnery (Series 2).