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What Is A Roar Moment?

I’m a firm believer that we’re all responsible for our own lives. I know the universe can throw horrible things at us and its nothing to do with us, but you can be in control of how you...

What's Your Favourite Story?

They’re all my favourite which is a bad answer but, I think the woman who slowly disappeared is a special story because it’s the first one that I wrote, and it set the tone for the whole...

The Woman Who Spoke Woman - Audiogram

Listen to an exclusive Audiogram by award-winning comic and actress Aisling Bea for "The Woman Who Spoke Woman"

What Inspired Roar

With every book I write, I always say that inspiration comes from observation, from experience and from imagination and you have to merge all those things together to create a story.

The Woman Who Ordered The Seabass Special – Audiogram

Listen to an exclusive Audiogram for "The Woman Who Ordered The Seabass Special" by actress Lara Sawalha known for her work in The Hurt Locker and Transformers.

Writing The Last Story Of Roar

The woman who roared is the last story in the collection and I was thinking about wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a place to go to really just have a place to escape.

The Woman Who Grew Wings - Audiogram

Listen to an exclusive Audiogram for "The Woman Who Grew Wings" by actress Lara Sawalha known for her work in The Hurt Locker and Transformers.

The Woman Who Was Fed By A Duck – Audiogram

Listen to an exclusive Audiogram by award-winning comic and actress Aisling Bea for "The Woman Who Was Fed By A Duck"

The Differences Between A Short Story and Novel

Writing short stories, I feel like I’m capturing a moment where I’m fired up and inspired and I need to get it down straight away. So, I write it in a frenzy, really fast, really quickly.

Behind The Scenes - Printing ROAR

Check out Cecelia visiting CPI books in London to see her new book Roar being printed. See just how intricate and fascinating the printing process is!

The Woman Who Was Swallowed Up By The Floor - Audiogram

Listen to an exclusive Audiogram by award-winning comic and actress Aisling Bea for "The Woman Who Was Swallowed Up By The Floor"

Reflections On Writing Roar

I started writing ROAR 5 years ago and the first story I wrote was “The Woman Who Slowly Disappeared” and at the time I was just writing one short story. I had no plans to do a collection...

What To Expect From Roar

Roar is a collection of short stories. There are 30 stories about 30 woman and all the woman are from very different backgrounds, different age groups and have different experiences...