Lindsey Evans, Publishing Director of Headline Home, has bought World rights in Living with Hearing Loss and Deafness: A guide to owning it and loving it from Jo Bell at Bell, Lomax, Moreton. The author is award-winning comedian, actress and broadcaster Samantha Baines who found herself with hearing loss at the age of 30.
The book will offer a warm and down-to-earth exploration of hearing loss and deafness - something that 12 million people live with in the UK. Featuring Samantha’s own experiences, she looks at how to understand, live and thrive with hearing loss and includes interviews with experts from the RNID, audiologists, deaf activists and people who use and teach sign language.
Samantha Baines is an Ambassador for Royal National Institute for the Deaf. Her deaf activism includes TV and radio appearances, advising on campaigns, speaking to MPs at the House of Commons, raising money for deaf charities and fronting the RNID cinema subtitles campaign. She has written two critically acclaimed children's books with deaf protagonists - Harriet Versus the Galaxy and The Night the Moon Went Out. She is a regular contributor on BBC radio and has written for publications including the Guardian, Time Out, Huffington Post, Stylist Magazine and the Telegraph. As an actress she has appeared in The Crown, Call the Midwifeand Silent Witness, as well as hosting Magic Mike Live London in the West End.
Lindsey Evans said: ‘As soon as I read Sam’s proposal I knew I wanted to publish this very important book. She has taught me so much already about what it means to live with hearing loss and I hope this book offers many readers the same.’
Samantha Baines said: ‘I’m thrilled to be working with Lindsey Evans at Headline on this guide to hearing loss and deafness. This is the book I searched for when I discovered that I needed a hearing aid aged thirty. I felt so alone, lost in this new world, and when I turned to the words of others for comfort I couldn’t see myself in the scientific texts available. It’s my absolute pleasure to be interviewing so many incredible people within the deaf community, as well as sharing my own experiences and pulling together information I’ve learnt so far on my deaf journey. 1 in 5 people in the UK have some form of hearing loss and this book is for all of us. Plus, did you know we get a third off travel?!’
Living with Hearing Loss and Deafness will be published by Headline Home on 27 April 2023.
