Matt Haig
Matt Haig is the number one bestselling author of Reasons to Stay Alive, Notes on a Nervous Planet and seven highly acclaimed novels for adults, including How to Stop Time, The Humans and The Radleys. The Midnight Library was an instant bestseller and a BBC Two Between the Covers Book Club pick and was winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction 2020. It has become a worldwide phenomenon and multi-million copy bestseller. The audiobook is read by Carey Mulligan.
Haig also writes award-winning books for children, including A Boy Called Christmas, which has been made into a feature film with an all-star cast. He has sold more than three million books in the UK and his work has been translated into over fifty languages.
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“Haig is adamant that ‘one of the uses of the arts is to keep us sane’, and that ‘reading is a route out of yourself’. He is almost evangelical about the power of reading to do good. ‘I think books can save us and I think they sort of saved me,’ he says.”
Guardian
‘A timely memoir of mental illness reads as a highly personal and creative response to crisis’
Lettie Kennedy
The Guardian
Matt Haig lists 5 Reasons to Stay Alive
It’s Okay. A message brought to you by The Comfort Book from number one bestseller Matt Haig.
A Mouse Called Miika teaching resource
You can get free A Mouse Called Miika (as well as A Boy Called Christmas) teaching resources for children age 7+! These activities have been created to prompt discussions around Matt Haig’s book, A Mouse Called Miika, looking at the importance of being true to yourself and encouraging students to develop their reading comprehension, inference, creative writing and empathy.
The A Boy Called Christmas trailer is here! Watch it now and feel instantly more festive and extra magical! Coming to UK cinemas and Sky Cinema from 26 November.
What is the best way to live? Matt Haig introduces his new novel The Midnight Library. Discover Nora Seed’s world today
For every ten paperbacks of Matt Haig’s Evie and the Animals sold in its first month, we’re planting a tree in the Amazon Rainforest with the help of One Tree Planted!