Sam Heughan: Difference between revisions

In November 2020, Heughan published a travelogue titled ''Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other''<ref name=":11">{{Cite book|url=https://www.hodder.co.uk/titles/sam-heughan/clanlands/9781529342000/|title=Clanlands|date=2020-05-04|isbn=9781529342000|language=en-US|last1=Heughan|first1=Sam|last2=McTavish|first2=Graham}}</ref> with ''Outlander'' co-star [[Graham McTavish]]. The book became a bestseller, reaching No. 1 on the ''New York Times''<nowiki/>' Best Seller Lists for hardcover nonfiction and for combined print and e-book nonfiction and #1 on the ''Publishers Weekly'' Bestseller List for hardcover nonfiction, among other lists.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lists|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/nielsen/HardcoverNonfiction.html|access-date=2020-11-13|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en}}</ref><ref name="The New York Times"/> ''Clanlands'' serves as a companion to ''Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip With Sam and Graham'', an eight-part television series conceived by and starring Heughan and McTavish that premiered on the Starz channel in February 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Darwish|first=Meaghan|title='Outlander's Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish Announce Book Ahead of 'Men in Kilts'|url=https://www.tvinsider.com/940617/outlander-sam-heughan-graham-mctavish-clanlands-book/|access-date=2020-11-13|website=TV Insider|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Biakolo|first=Kovie|date=2021-02-17|title='Outlander' Star Sam Heughan Wants You to Love Scotland, Too|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/arts/television/sam-heughan-men-in-kilts.html|access-date=20 February 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

 

 

Also in 2020, Heughan launched his own whisky brand, The Sassenach, through the Great Glen Company, which he founded. The Sassenach is available in the UK and select US states and earned a double gold medal at the 2020 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.<ref name=":12" />