Samantha Baines discusses her career and writing on The WCCS

<a href="https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&amp;&amp;p=9390e093db76dab8JmltdHM9MTY3OTYxNjAwMCZpZ3VpZD0xMjgyYjc0ZC02MTUxLTYxYWEtMGRlMS1hNmFiNjU1MTY3NzImaW5zaWQ9NTI2MA&amp;ptn=3&amp;hsh=3&amp;fclid=1282b74d-6151-61aa-0de1-a6ab65516772&amp;psq=samantha+baines&amp;u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2FtYW50aGFiYWluZXMuY29tL2Jpb2dyYXBoeQ&amp;ntb=1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><b>Samantha Baines</b></a> is an entrepreneur and philanthropist: an award-winning comedian, award-winning actress and award-winning broadcaster. A deaf activist and hearing aid wearer, Samantha is the author of two children's books with deaf protagonists; the award-winning Harriet Versus the Galaxy which she also voices on Audible and Bloomsbury Education book The Night the Moon Went Out and new book Living With Hearing Loss and Deafness: a guide to owning it and loving it.<br /><br />Samantha likes to keep busy and you may have seen her keeping busy in acting roles in Netflix’s The Crown, Call the Midwife, Silent Witness or Magic Mike Live (directed by Channing Tatum) or personal appearances on ITV's Loose Women, Sky News and Andrew Neil's This Week. After seven years of stand-up comedy, two sell out Edinburgh Fringe runs and a UK tour, Samantha has proved her comedy chops but these days sticks to being funny on social media, speaking events, radio and in her books (due to her sound sensitivity).<br /><br />If you don't like watching things, you may have heard her keeping busy presenting on BBC Radio London, BBC Radio Kent, Virgin Radio, hosting Q and A's at the BFI. She also hosts her multi-award nominated, smash-hit podcast The Divorce Social, which has been featured in international publications as well as being a 'Times Podcast of the Week' and a No.1 relationship podcast on itunes. The podcast recently won the bronze award for Best Sex and Relationship podcast at the British Podcast Awards 2022.<br />​<br />If you don't like watching or listening then you must like reading surely! Samantha has written for publications including The Guardian, Time