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  • Brit Happens

  • Or Living the Canadian Dream
  • By: James Mullinger
  • Narrated by: James Mullinger
  • Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Brit Happens

By: James Mullinger
Narrated by: James Mullinger
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Publisher's summary

Winner, New Brunswick Book Award (Non-Fiction)

One Sunday afternoon in a tiny postage-stamp garden, James Mullinger made the life-altering decision to give it all up: the London pubs, bustling city streets, and a flourishing comedy career. But where in the world would he and his partner raise a family? The English countryside? Toronto? New York?

Hmmm. How about St. John … sorry, Saint John, New Brunswick?

Brit Happens chronicles Mullinger’s lifetime of adventures, from his beginnings as a shy and nervous kid collecting comedy records at the neighborhood video store, to rising through the ranks of GQ magazine and meeting his personal idols Jerry Seinfeld and Paul McCartney, to imagining the possibility of another life in Canada. From the highs and lows of London to beginning anew in New Brunswick, Brit Happens tells gut-busting stories of success and failure and the unpredictable grind of stand-up comedy. It also offers a laugh-out-loud look at life in Atlantic Canada from the region’s funniest outsider-turned-local.

©2022 James Mullinger (P)2023 Goose Lane Editions
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Critic reviews

“I don’t even like British people, but I love James Mullinger and Brit Happens.”—Mary Walsh

“In Brit Happens, Mullinger masterfully straddles the line between objective and inclusive, culturally and geographically. He gently pokes us with a stick while being one of us. I can’t wait for the Brit to hit the fans!”—Jonathan Torrens

“James Mullinger is my favourite comedian friend who has relocated from England to New Brunswick. And I’m not just saying that because he is the only one. Brit Happens is a great glimpse inside the mind of a British man who becomes more Canadian seemingly by the minute and who might just appreciate the magic of the Canadian Maritimes even more than born and bred Atlantic Canadians. Which I realize might be fighting words to Atlantic Canadians. So fight him if you want to, I guess. But you’ll be fighting one of your own.”—Steve Patterson

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Brilliant

I thoroughly enjoyed this audio book. I laughed out loud too many times to count. But this book also made me think and contemplate many different topics that I had not really thought about before. I like that. It is a good thing. And so is this book.. I look forward to the next installment.

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Truly Delightful!

James, what lovely storytelling! Listening to you share your journey, celebrate our home in NB, and feature people you’ve met along the way was heartwarming. Listening to the book made me reflect, let out a few giggles, and at times well up with tears. I look forward to the sequel.

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