SOME THOUGHTS ON PRIVILEGE Okay, this is a long post. You don’t have to read it. It’s about my thoughts on empathy and privilege and what we are allowed to discuss and not discuss, and whether – in certain cases – political correctness has – against all odds – gone […]
Author: Matt Haig
Costa Book Awards
I am one of the Costa Book Award judges this year. The Costa Book Awards is the only major UK book prize that is open solely to authors resident in the UK and Ireland and also, uniquely, recognises the most enjoyable books across five categories – First Novel, Novel, Biography, […]
I’m meeting fellow judges, Samantha Shannon and Alice Levine, tomorrow to draw up our shortlist for the BBC Young Writers’ Award 2015. The winner will have their story broadcast on BBC Radio 1 as well as receiving personalised mentoring sessions from an adult author. There are some brilliant stories on […]
New events
I do hope to meet some of you at one of these events this year: Sunday 14th June, 6pm, Borders Book Festival, Melrose, Scottish Borders, Tickets Wednesday 24th June, time tbc, Head in a Book, Hull library Saturday 4th July, 2pm, Salon Harrogate, with Cathy Rentzenbrink, Harrogate Literature Festival, Crown Hotel, […]
Sydney Writers’ Festival
I’m very much looking forward to going to the Sydney Writers’ Festival. I’m taking part in three events: Friday 22nd May, 3-4pm, Sydney Writers’ Festival, Neuroses and Diagnoses: Characters and their Psychology Free with Anne Buist and Michael Christie, Sydney Dance 1, Pier 4/5, Hickson Road, Walsh Bay, Free Sunday 24th May, 10-11am, Sydney Writers’ Festival, […]