Creative Writing
David Shrigley
Available as Hardback
24 September 2026
A big new book of writing from David Shrigley: master of the inexplicable and surreal, Turner Prize nominee, and Instagram phenomenon (with 1.2 million followers)
The cultural icon is back: but this time, with no illustrations. Creative Writing is a thoughtfully designed, black and white book of David’s comic writing - pure words, pure joy, pure Shrigley.
Featuring …
Creative Project
The shape of a banana
Whatever you create
it must be the shape of a banana
and look like a banana
That is the only constraint
otherwise you are completely free
to create whatever you want
Let your imagination run wild
and others …
David Shrigley
David Shrigley was born in Macclesfield in 1968 and studied at Glasgow School of Art. His work has been exhibited at the Tate Modern in London, at the MoMA in New York, and in Paris, Berlin, Melbourne and beyond. He has published over twenty books, and has animated a music video for Blur and produced another for Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy. His work has also been profiled in a documentary for Channel 4. He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2013 and in 2016 his sculpture Really Good was installed on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth. In 2018, he was the Guest Director of the Brighton Festival. He lives and works in Brighton.
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