Author: Matt Haig

Events

Sleigh Bell Dash

This week I’m on a sleigh bell dash!   I’m also going to be doing these events: Saturday 21st November, 6pm, Folkestone Festival, with Nathan Filer Friday 27th November, time tbc, Being a Man festival, Southbank Saturday 28th November, time tbc, Being a Man festival, Southbank 13th – 17th January, Galle Literary Festival, Sri Lanka 7-13th […]

Book News, News

City Reads

I’m delighted that The Humans has been chosen as The City Reads book for 2015! City Reads is an annual citywide reading festival which aims to spread a love of books and ideas to the widest possible audience throughout Brighton & Hove. There’s so much going on around the city- see […]

News

BBC Young Writers’ Award winner

15 year-old Brennig Davies from Wales won the first-ever BBC Young Writers’ Award with Book Trust for his story ‘Skinning’.  I was totally bowled over by it. Even among a strong shortlist it stood out for its sheer confidence of style and subject. It had all the judges (Alice Levine, […]

Events

New events

I do hope to meet some of you at one of these events this year: Friday 23rd October, 6.30pm, Dundee Literary Festival Sunday 1st November, 5pm , City Reads final event, The Old Market Hove, tickets Friday 13th November, 9pm, Crossing Border Festival, Netherlands, with Erik Jan Harmens and interviewed by Jasper Henderson, tickets Saturday 14th […]