Matt Haig
Matt Haig was born in Sheffield. His novels include The Humans, How to Stop Time and The Midnight Library, which has been a number one Sunday Times bestseller and a number one New York Times bestseller. He has also written several children’s books including A Boy Called Christmas, which became a major feature film. His non-fiction works include his award-winning mental illness memoir Reasons to Stay Alive, and The Comfort Book. His most recent fiction, The Life Impossible, was a Sunday Times and a New York Times bestseller. His work has been published in fifty-six languages and he is an advocate for literacy, libraries and better mental health provisions for everyone.
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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!