An acclaimed author who grew up in Bath is returning to the city to promote his latest work.

Danny Wallace, whose book Yes Man has recently been made into a Hollywood blockbuster starring Jim Carrey, will be visiting Waterstones at 6.30pm on Monday to meet fans and sign autographs.

The former Ralph Allen School pupil said he was looking forward to coming back to Bath and wished he had the time to stay longer.

He said: "It is a bit of a flying visit, in and out sadly, because I would love to spend more time in the city.

"I love it there, it is always great bringing people back because it is one of the easiest places in the world to be a tour guide. You just have to point them out a building."

Wallace is in Bath promoting the new paperback edition of his latest book Friends Like These, which sees him he travelling around the world to track down his former classmates after finding an old address book containing 12 names.

There has already been film interest following the success of Yes Man - which saw him saying yes to every question he was asked, and Miramax is now involved with working on an adaptation.

The 32-year-old writer who worked for Bath magazine firm Future for a spell in the 1990s said he does reminisce about his time growing up in the city and would like to catch up with some of his old friends.

Wallace said: "As I get older they are all drifting away, so it would be good to get everyone back for a traditional New Year's Eve at The Bell.

"I might get in touch with one or two of them while I am in Bath and we can go and sit on our bench in Widcombe.

"When we were growing up we used to get burgers from Manhattans, go to T's, walk back along the river and sit on a bench talking for a couple of hours. Sometimes we used to sit on the top of the men's toilets."

Wallace said he decided to write Friends Like These when he was approaching the age of 30 and wanted to take a minute to look back at his past.

He said he hoped the book would encourage people to follow his lead.

He said: "These days because we have things like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, it is easy to find people again but what is not easy is taking it that step further. To actually go and see them.

"The worst thing that can happen is you have a mildly uncomfortable evening, but the best thing is you could rekindle an old friendship.

"I think this book would appeal to anybody who has ever had a friend."

Wallace worked at the old Southgate branch of Argos as well as at Future, where he wrote for games magazines.

Since then he has presented several television programmes including Test The Nation and now hosts a radio show on the BBC station 6Music.

Wallace said he never planned his future and just moved around different jobs.

He said: "I have never really had any career plans, I have just moved from thing to thing.

"My only plan was to go where the fun is and I just try and do the fun well. It is all about the fun and so far it has worked out well.

"If it all goes wrong, I could be back in Argos!"

Although he has moved between different careers Wallace still said he classed himself as a writer first, a radio presenter second and put his television work third.