Lost Lambs: An evening with Madeline Cash

Madeline Cash's Lost Lambs should be on everyone's 'to read' list for 2026 - a hilarious, dysfunctional, whip-smart debut novel that's been praised by writers like Lena Dunham, Megan Nolan & Tony Tulathimutte (to name but a few).

We're thrilled to welcome Madeline to West Kirby on Thursday 12th February to celebrate its publication, when she'll be in conversation with Jordan from the bookshop, before answering questions from the audience and signing copies of Lost Lambs.

Tickets are £6 standard admission or £20 including a hardback copy of the book. Complimentary drinks will also be provided.

Compared to authors like Zadie Smith, Jeffrey Eugendies, George Saunders and Lorie Moore, Madeline Cash's Lost Lambs is truly one to watch for 2026 and we highly recommend you join us to celebrate in West Kirby!

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Praise for Lost Lambs:

'From magical realism to magical nihilism, Madeline Cash is a voice like no other. Her novel of normal people breaking down under the most abnormal circumstances will shift the way you see the family and community into something operatic, strange and profound.'
― Lena Dunham

'Lost Lambs is meticulously crafted by a writer who is clearly a dazzling and singular new voice in literary fiction, as bold and assured a debut as Zadie Smith’s White Teeth or Jeffrey Eugenides’ The Virgin Suicides. Loud, hilarious, shocking, and sensitive, we will all remember Lost Lambs as the beginning of a long and thrilling career.'
― Megan Nolan, author of Ordinary Human Failings

'The Bee Sting meets Birnam Wood in this rollicking saga that is at once an offbeat love story, crime caper and ode to family.' ― The Bookseller

'Like an epic road trip or a perfect dinner party, Lost Lambs is immersive and propulsive and I never wanted it to end. I can’t remember the last time a novel made me laugh so hard or feel so much tenderness for its characters, this feral chorus of voices and desires, unhinged and witty and full of longing.' ― Leslie Jamison