My professional relationship with Ian spans many years, dating
back to before my time representing actors. Over these years, I have
known him as a writer, theatre professional, trusted business partner
and, above all, a natural storyteller with a wonderfully sharp and
subversive sense of humour.
What makes "The TOVO Collection"
particularly distinctive is that the voice on the page is
unmistakably Ian’s own. The irreverence, the unexpected
observations, the willingness to push an idea just a little further
than might be considered sensible - this is not a literary persona
created for the collection.
It is simply how Ian sees the world. TOVO
translates that distinctly British, occasionally dark and
delightfully mischievous humour onto the page, while beneath the
comedy lies an intelligent and surprisingly relevant idea: that the
stories we accept as truth often depend entirely on who gets to tell
them.
I believe TOVO offers something
genuinely distinctive - a concept that is immediately accessible, a
comic voice that feels authentic, and stories that make you laugh
while quietly encouraging you to question the version you’ve always
been told.
