How to be a Lion Sale

“This is the story of what happens when a lion meets a duck… 

It’s also my anti everything Trump stands for book. 

I wrote it immediately after the 2016 US election campaign. One belligerent, bullying voice was getting all the attention. He’s now the figurehead of the free world, setting a disastrous example. I can’t help thinking that this voice will inevitably filter down to children and that they, inevitably, will learn from it, and possibly in time, learn to become like it.

I hope I’ve written a book that counters that voice, and the intolerance behind it. I think it’s time we celebrate the power of quieter more thoughtful voices (anyone who’s read Susan Cain’s ‘Quiet’ may recognise this call).

I also wanted to address ‘toxic’ masculinity. If you remember, some truly awful quotes relating to women came from Trump. We need to demonstrate a different idea of masculinity. ‘How to be a Lion’ tries to show that being gentle, considerate and exhibiting a sensitive side are not weaknesses… they’re part of being a well rounded, thinking, human being.

How to be a Lion is a book about gentleness, and the power of words. Most importantly, it’s a book about thinking for yourself and standing up for who you are. 

(If all this sounds pretty didactic – I hope that the book isn’t.)”