In conversation with… CECELIA AHERN

MEET THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR AT OUR SPECIAL READER EVENING ON 8 NOVEMBER

Join us for an exclusive event!

WE’RE DELIGHTED TO INVITE YOU TO THIS SPECIAL EVENT WHERE W&H BOOKS EDITOR FANNY BLAKE WILL INTERVIEW CECELIA ABOUT WRITING HER NOVELS, HER EXPERIENCE IN TV AND FILM, AND HER FANTASTIC NEW BOOK, Lyrebird. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A Q&A SESSION, WHERE YOU CAN ASK CECELIA QUESTIONS. HER NEW BOOK WILL BE AVAILABLE TO BUY ON THE NIGHT AND SHE’LL BE DELIGHTED TO SIGN COPIES.

CECELIA’S BEST-SELLING NOVELS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN NEARLY 50 COUNTRIES, WITH MORE THAN 25 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE. SHE WROTE THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER P.S. I Love You AGED 21, WHICH WAS ADAPTED INTO A FILM STARRING HILARY SWANK AND GERARD BUTLER. HER SECOND NOVEL, Where Rainbows End, HAS ALSO BEEN ADAPTED INTO FILM, AND SHE HAS CREATED SEVERAL TV SERIES, SUCH AS Samantha Who?. HER BOOKS HAVE WON NUMEROUS AWARDS, INCLUDING THE IRISH

BOOK AWARD FOR POPULAR FICTION FOR The Year I Met You. CECELIA LIVES IN DUBLIN WITH HER FAMILY.

CECELIA’S LATEST NOVEL

Lyrebird IS SET IN THE SOUTH-WEST OF IRELAND, WHERE RUGGED MOUNTAINS MEET BLUE LAKES AND THICK FORESTS. DEEP IN THE WOODS, SURROUNDED BY FARMLAND, A YOUNG WOMAN LIVES ALONE IN A COTTAGE. THEN, INTO HER PEACEFUL LANDSCAPE COMES SOLOMON, WHO IS PART OF A DOCUMENTARY CREW LOOKING FOR THEIR NEXT STORY. SOLOMON’S SKILL IS SOUND. HE RECORDS, HE LISTENS, HE HEARS. AND WHEN HE MEETS LAURA, HE DISCOVERS THAT SHE HAS AN EXTRAORDINARY TALENT: AN ABILITY TO MIMIC SOUNDS. IT’S A GIFT THAT EARNS HER THE NICKNAME Lyrebird. FROM THAT POINT, LAURA’S LIFE IS TURNED ON ITS HEAD. WHEN THE DOCUMENTARY CREW OFFERS HER A WAY FORWARD, A BRIDGE TO ANOTHER KIND OF LIFE, SHE TAKES IT. BUT WHILE SOLOMON KNOWS THE WORLD WILL LOVE LAURA, WILL IT FREE HER TO SPREAD HER WINGS – OR

WILL IT TRAP HER IN A GILDED CAGE? LIKE ALL WILD BIRDS, SHE NEEDS TO FLY FREE… Lyrebird IS A DEEPLY MOVING LOVE STORY; A TALE ABOUT THE WILD HEART IN US ALL, AND THE QUIET THAT LIES UNDERNEATH THE WORLD’S NOISE. Lyrebird is published by HarperCollins on 3 November