Headline Home to publish midlife manifesto by comedian Cally Beaton

Headline Home is set to publish a midlife manifesto by comedian Cally Beaton, in her debut book.

Lindsey Evans, publishing director of Headline Home, has acquired UK and British Commonwealth rights in Namaste Motherf*ckers: A Modern Manifesto for Keeping Cool When You’re a Hot Mess from Claire Conrad at Janklow and Nesbit.

The book is a ’no bullsh*t handbook for midlife female reinvention where the worlds of comedy, boardrooms, self-help and womanhood collide".

The book is Beaton’s debut and publisher describes it as "a funny, empowering, practical book that is part memoir and part stereotype-defying manifesto".

Beaton shares stories and experiences from her career, alongside lessons learned from the many celebrity guests and experts that have guested on her podcast of the same name and "challenges at every turn the age-old narrative that women become invisible when they cease to be fertile".

Evans said: "‘I was delighted when Cally’s proposal arrived from Claire. This book is full of heart, humour and many important and empowering midlife lessons. Cally is the perfect person to teach us all how to keep cool when life makes us feel like a hot mess."

Beaton said: "Being a woman in midlife isn’t redemptive – it is full of pain and loss, sweat and tears, and above all, it isn’t one-size-fits-all. I’m still working on my happy ending, but I would rather be living my own imperfect story than someone else’s perfect one. My book encourages others to be the narrators of their own messy stories. For many of us, finding our voices has been hard-won; we may as well get out of our own way and use them."

Namaste Motherf*ckers will be published in July 2025 in hardback.