Silly Beggar

Silly Beggar - The World's Stupidest Begging Letters
Author James Spence
Cover artist James Spence
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre Humour/Books of Letters
Publisher Aurora Metro
Publication date
14 May 2009
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 200 pp (first edition paperback)
ISBN 978-1-906582-03-6
OCLC 298179327

Silly Beggar is a book of letters written by Scottish author James Spence. It was published on 14 May 2009 by Aurora Metro. The book is a collection of comedy begging letters sent to companies, plus their replies and images of items the author received.

Letters included in the book were sent to companies such as Shell, Hovis, Boots and Starbucks.

Some newspapers including the Daily Mirror[1] and the Daily Record[2] ran full page articles about the book and the author was interviewed in various media including Chris Evans Drivetime on BBC Radio 2,[3] MacAulay and Co. on BBC Radio Scotland[4] and Richard and Judy's New Position on Watch.[5]

References

  1. Roper, Matt (19 May 2009). "In the Blag...". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  2. "Cheeky Beggar". Daily Record. 29 Apr 2009. Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
  3. "The Chris Evans Drivetime Show". BBC Radio 2. 19 May 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  4. "MacAulay and Co". BBC Radio Scotland. 4 May 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
  5. "The Richard and Judy Show". Cactus TV. 26 May 2009.


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