Matt Haig

I’m taking a little time out to work on a new book but I will be doing the following events:

Wednesday 28th September, 4.15 – 6.15pm, as part of the KU Big Read, Kingston University, Clattern Lecture Theatre, Penrhyn Road campus, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2EE, details

Saturday 8th October, 3-4pm, Hillingdon Literary Festival with Sharon Lockyer, Brunel Uni,  details

Saturday 12th November, Dulwich Book Festival

Monday 14th November, Waterstones Brighton event

Tuesday 15th November, Chelmsford event

Wednesday 16th November, Muswell Hill bookshop event

Friday 18th November, Waterstones Manchester event

Saturday 26th November, Foyles event, London

Sunday 27th November, Cambridge Children’s Festival

Lovely to meet lots of you on the Sleigh Bell Dash last week. There are going to be a few more events for A Boy Called Christmas and I’ll pop them up as soon as they have been finalised.

Saturday 28th November, 11.15am – 12pm, I Had A Black Dog, His Name Was Depression, Being a Man Festival, Southbank, The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall, with Jake Mills, David Baddiel, Jane Powell, and Steve Robertson. Day passes

For A Boy Called Christmas:

Thursday 3rd December, evening, Waterstones Cheltenham

Tuesday 8th December, 1pm, Blackwell’s, Holborn

Monday 21st December, 2pm, Book Nook, Hove

Tuesday 22nd December, time tbc, Barton’s Bookshop, Leatherhead

Next year:

13th – 17th January, Galle Literary Festival, Sri Lanka

7-13th March, Emirates Festival of Literature, Dubai

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 March, Emirates Festival of Literature, Dubai

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 November, 3.30pm, You Book Day, London with Antonia Fraser and Cathy Rentzenbrink

Sunday 15th November, 1.30pm, Humber Mouth Literature Festival, Hull library, tickets

Saturday 21st November, 6pm, Folkestone Festival, with Nathan Filer

Friday 27th November, time tbc, Being a Man festival, Southbank

13th – 17th January, Galle Literary Festival, Sri Lanka

7-13th March, Emirates Festival of Literature, Dubai

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, Harrogate, Tickets

Wednesday 15th July, 7pm – 8.30pm, I’m interviewing Cathy Rentzenbrink and we’ll be talking about her new book, The Last Act of Love, Foyles London, Charing Cross Road, London

Saturday 18th July, 3pm, Curious Arts Festival, Pylewell Park , East End, SO41 5SJ Lymington, Tickets

Sunday 19th July, Latitude Festival, Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk, Tickets 

Friday 31st July – Sunday 2nd August, date and time tbc, Port Eliot Festival

Sun 16 Aug 2:15pm – 3:15pm, Siobhan Dowd Trust Memorial Lecture, Edinburgh Festival, Royal Bank of Scotland Garden Theatre. Tickets go on sale at 8:30am on Tuesday 23 June.

Tue 18 Aug 7:30pm – 9:00pm, Stepping Away from the Edge, Edinburgh Festival, with Debi Gliori, Rory O’Connor and Richard Holloway. Tickets go on sale at 8:30am on Tuesday 23 June.

Friday 28th – Sunday 30th August, date and time tbc, Greenbelt Festival

Saturday 12th September, tbc, Chiswick Book Festival

Saturday 3rd October, Cheltenham Festival

Friday 16th October, date and time tbc, Isle of Wight literary festival

Friday 23rd October, 6.30pm, Dundee Literary Festival

Sunday 1st November, tbc, Waterstones Brighton

Friday 13th November, tbc, Crossing Border Festival, Netherlands

Saturday 14th November, time tbc, You Book Day, London

Friday 20th – Sunday 29th November, time and date tbc, Folkestone Festival