Humans: An A-Z is published by Canongate (UK, Jan, 2015). Do you: Know a human?; Love a human?; Have trouble dealing with humans? If you’ve answered yes to any of the above, this book is for you. Whether you are planning a high level of human interaction or just a […]
Author: Matt Haig
A blog about blogging
Hello. Yesterday I inadvertently created a bit of a firestorm for something I tweeted about book reviews and blanket praise. I feel a bit unsettled about some of the responses and have been told by a few people they are going to blog about it, so I thought I should […]
10 Things to Tell A Sexist
Along with millions of other Youtube viewers I enjoyed Emma Watson’s speech on feminism at the UN. It was a very wise speech, successfully arguing that for feminism to reach its goals it needs to be a movement for men too. The genius of the speech was in showing that […]
Some selfish thoughts on suicide and Robin Williams
It’s been a depressing week, on all fronts. On the war front, obviously. But that seems to be every week. The twenty-first century just seems to be one long rotating war. It has also been depressing on the depression front. Of course, we had the horrible news about Robin Williams […]
Ten reasons why it is okay to read YA
I haven’t blogged for a while. Well, not blog blogged. I’ve tweeted – micro-blogged – but not gone deep. I’ve been busy writing a screenplay and a memoir about depression (get me). But I’ve just read something and got annoyed. And annoyance, it turns out, is a lead trigger for blogging. […]