New Release Books by Julian Clary

After a few years of living in suburban England, the Bolds are ready for a change of scene! The family of hyenas masquerading as humans hits the road for a vacation full of fresh adventures and mishaps. Illustrations.

For once, Teddington''s wildest family have decided to stay at home and keep their heads down. It isn''t always easy hiding tails and fur under clothes, and it''s important not to raise suspicion among their human neighbors. But when a very sly fox starts making a big nuisance of himself, it''s up to the Bolds to stop him.

Fasten your seatbelts - it''s a special adventure for World Book Day with Teddington''s wildest family! Learn just how our intrepid hyenas managed to get from their African safari park onto the plane and off to their new home in England. It''s quite a remarkable, and some would say, unbelievable tale - but there are many laughs along the way!

Who hides in the bakery at Christmas? A mince spy! What happened to the hyena who swallowed an Oxo cube? He made a laughing stock of himself! Merry Christmas! The Bolds, the wildest family in Teddington, are back with a bumper book of jolly japes. It''s packed with rib-tickling jokes and puzzles including wordsearches, crosswords, mazes, riddles and spot the difference to keep kids entertained long after the Christmas presents are unwrapped!

The Bolds—the hyena family successfully impersonating as humans—have become legendary in the animal kingdom. Soon their house is full of visitors hoping to learn how to pass as humans too. There''s a crocodile who can''t quite tame her appetite, a poodle who wants to be a famous singer, and runaway racehorses hiding from their owner. With so many houseguests, the Bolds have their hands (ahem, paws) full. Can they teach these outcast critters to survive in the human world?

It''s time for monkey business in this fifth outing for Teddington''s wildest family, the Bolds! The Bolds are very surprised to be visited by Fred''s mother, Granny Imamu. She''s travelled all the way from Africa, and now she''s here, she does not approve of what she finds. Hyenas, living as people - whatever next! Granny Imamu starts to stir up mischief with twins Bobby and Betty, encouraging them to get in touch with their beastly side at school. And then the twins'' teacher comes to the Bolds with a rather unusual problem: her grown-up son Jeffrey just isn''t like other people. He''s rather hairy, doesn''t much like to talk, and loves to monkey about. If animals can become people, could it happen the other way around . . . ?

This is Julian Clary''s story, in his own words - the tale of an awkward schoolboy who became a huge worldwide success on stage and screen. After a sheltered suburban upbringing, Julian was sent to St Benedict''s, where beatings from ''holy'' men gave him some brutal life lessons, and other ''unholy'' boys his first awakenings of sexuality. He had just one true friend and ally, Nick - to his other school peers, Julian''s aloof demeanour made him an enigma or simply a figure of ridicule. In school he was just another pained adolescent, but inside Julian was a new Jean Genet or Quentin Crisp bursting to get out. Leaving St Benedict''s thankfully behind him, Julian went on to college where he found his true vocation as an entertainer with a peculiar comic brand of smut and glamour. At the same time, he was finding as much sex as he could, sometimes with remarkably less-than-glamorous characters. Periods in community theatre and the singing telegram industry followed before Julian hit the big time with cabaret co-star Fanny the Wonder Dog as The Joan Collins Fan Club. Soon, the world was his oyster. But fame came at a price, as Julian struggled not only with the reality of being a high-profile gay man in the 1980s but also the pain of losing his lover to terminal illness. Far more than just another celebrity autobiography or ''funny book'', this is a touching, beautifully written and wryly witty account of a unique progression from shy child to comedy icon.

Carry on camping with dream team Julian Clary and David Roberts! It''s the summer holidays, and the hairiest family in Teddington decide to take a well-earned holiday by the seaside. With their extended hyena family in tow, they head on down to Cornwall for a spot of camping. But it''s never long before trouble sniffs these hyenas out, and Bobby is mistaken for a pup and snatched by a wicked dognapper. The Bolds will need all their ingenuity to hunt her down and rescue all the pilfered pooches. But can these hyenas-in-disguise save the day, without letting the cat out of the bag...? ‘I wish we lived next door to the Bolds!’ Davina McCall

Whoever said the afterlife would be easy...? The new inhabitants of an old house in deepest darkest Kent are about to discover the previous owner – a certain Mr Noël Coward – never quite left the building... A wickedly dark ghost story about love, scandals and things that go bump in the night.

How far would you go for fame and fortune?Would you change your name?Change your personality? Reveal your inner drag queen? Betray your friends?Would you kill? Fab, filthy and funny, Julian Clary s Devil in Disguise is a tale

A darkly hilarious debut novel from one of Britain''s best-loved entertainers.