You Don't Have To Be Loud

Drawing on the narrative of his own life growing up as painfully shy child, Ben Brooks explores what it is to be ‘quiet’ – what it means, what it can feel like and how we can embrace it – and debunks some of the myths about what it means to be a shy person. Around 60% of adults identify as ‘shy’ – just one of the facts that Ben uses to ‘normalise’ shyness, outlining stories of famously shy people from the past and the present – Charles Darwin, David Bowie, Greta Thunberg, Rosa Parks, Beyonce, Emma Watson – revealing the stories of successful adults who grew up shy but didn’t let it get in the way of their passion and creativity.