For a 40th birthday

Only you know who should be in it.

The kids, the family and their oldest friends each record a message for your partner's 40th. Your partner gets a printed book of them, and a podcast link of the voices.

Gathering is free. You won't need a card.

Hear it
Their voice plays from the page.
Read it
Every message is written out on its page.
Hold it
We deliver the printed book to your door.

The world gets better when people hear the good things we say about them.

We are enabling over 1 million people to say it. Share the stories, love and gratitude. Your voice is what makes the world's greatest gift.

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Watch it

Here's how Niamh's 40th birthday book was made.

9:41
A woman smiling at her phone at a table, with photos and a book beside her
How it works

Bring everyone's stories together with one link!

Start the book

Tell us who it's for

Put in their name, then send the link to everyone except them.

Share one link

Everyone adds their story

Friends and family can capture a memory by voice, video, writing or photos, wherever they are in the world. It's easy on any phone and nobody needs an account!

We put it together

Hear it, read it, hold it

We write out every voice note and gather it all into a podcast you can play and a beautiful book you can hold.

The three questions for a 40th

  1. What do you love most about them?
  2. What's your favourite story about them?
  3. What do you wish for them in the next forty years?
Who's in a 40th book

The kids can record their bit while the birthday person is at work!

A 40th falls in the busy years, with small children, full-time work and friends spread out. Start with the kids and both families, then the friends from school and college.

1

The children

A child of five can say what they love about their mam or dad while you hold the phone. Older ones can film a video.

2

The friends from before you met

They knew them at nineteen.

3

On the day

Give them the printed book at breakfast, or play the podcast link at the dinner.

What people say

What people say in a 40th birthday book

Say one thing you admire about them, and the day you first noticed it.

"Niamh, it's Tiernan. You've organised every birthday in this house for twelve years, and the lads and I wanted to do this one for you. Happy fortieth."
TTiernanher husband
"Happy birthday Mam. Thanks for doing my hair at six in the morning before every feis."
FFiadhher daughter, aged eleven
"Niamh, it's Nessa. We met queueing for the bus to Galway in first year and talked the whole way. Happy birthday, see you at the weekend."
NNessaher friend from college
"Happy birthday love. You were the first grandchild, and your grandmother wouldn't let anyone else hold you. Your mother says hello."
LLorcanher dad
When to start

Start it a month before their 40th

Give the family a week or two to record, and close it three weeks before the birthday for the printed book. The podcast link and the book online are ready the day you order.

In their words
A Christmas gift
We gave a book of stories about Mam to her for Christmas and she said it was the best gift she had received. There were some stories she had never heard! She felt really surrounded by love.
K
Kathleen's family
gave her the book at Christmas
What it costs

Gathering the voices is free. You only pay when the book is ready.

The gathering
Free
Send one link and collect the voices.
  • Every voice and every photo
  • Download every recording
  • Start as many books as you like
Start free
The voices
$45
Voice editing, and a personal podcast link.
  • Each recording tidied as it comes in
  • The original kept exactly as it was made
  • One link that plays every voice straight through
Choose the voices
The book
$99
Everything in the voices, plus the finished book to read online.
  • The finished book laid out to read online
  • Every message playable from its page
  • Every message written out beside its voice
Choose the book
The keepsake
$115
The book, printed and posted to you.
  • One printed hardcover copy
  • Posted to you
  • Everything in the book option
Choose the keepsake

Want to write your own questions? Start a blank book

Questions people ask

What should I get my wife for her 40th?

Ask her sisters and her friends what they'd say about her, and put their answers in a book.

What can I get my husband for his 40th that he'll keep?

A printed hardcover of everyone's messages, posted to your door.

Can I add our own photos?

Yes. Every message can have photos with it, and you can change the cover and the lettering before you order.

Is there a printed version?

Yes. The keepsake is one printed hardcover posted to you. You can add a linen binding or extra copies inside the app.

Who's turning forty?

Start the book now and invite people whenever you're ready.

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