Anna Kendrick’s Book Scores A Title & Release Date, Frothing Intensifie

OH JOYOUS DAY: noted funny person Anna Kendrick is releasing a book, and today that book got a title: ‘Scrappy Little Nobody‘.

This sets her following in the footsteps of other funny people who have also released books (e.g. Amy‘s both Poehler and Schuman), and bestowing on the world her delightfully droll humour while *also* sorting out your cheapish-but-thoughtful Christmas present for the person in your life* who appreciates comedy in general, and funny women in particular.
(*You. Obviously.)
It’s set to be a collection of essays with Anna riffing on everything from her middle class upbringing in New Hampshire to the weird shit she’s experienced on her rise through to “the heart of pop culture”.
Her publishers also say she’ll be be “expanding upon the witty and ironic dispatches for which she is known”, which we’re taking to mean it’ll essentially be her Twitter feed on crack. Excellent.


She announced the news in a v. v. typical Anna Kendrick way on social media this morning – by making jokes that are, like, so relatable.



The book might not be out till November 15 (you can pre-order it here), but if you want a taster of what Anna Kendrick’s words are like when not limited to 140 characters, here it is:

“I’m excited to publish my first book, and because I get uncomfortable when people have high expectations, I’d like to use this opportunity to showcase my ineptitude, pettiness, and the frequency with which I embarrass myself. And while many of my female inspirations who have become authors are incredibly well-educated and accomplished comedy writers, I’m very, very funny on Twitter, according to Buzzfeed and my mom, so I feel like this is a great idea.

“Quick question: are run-on sentences still frowned upon? Wait, is ending a sentence with a preposition still frowned upon? I mean, upon frowned? Dammit!”

Marry me.

Photo: Instagram / Anna Kendrick.

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