Matt Haig
Reasons To Be Joyful with Gaby Roslin
Spiritland Productions
4.7 • 815 Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Bestselling author Matt Haig joins Gaby for a chat about books, reading, anxiety, shyness and overcoming severe depression.
Matt is a huge advocate for good mental health - and he and Gaby share stories of rockier times in their lives. They discuss his new novel - "The Life Impossible" - which saw him return to Ibiza to write it (the place he almost committed suicide). After many years he felt he could go back and has written a novel set there.
He also talks about the things that bring him joy, why he writes and how much it means when he gets reactions from his readers.
*Please be advised that some of the topics discussed in this episode may be triggering. These include severe depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts.
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| 1:03.0 | Gaby Rosslyn Podcast. |
| 1:04.8 | Thank you so much for listening to this episode of that Gabby Roslin podcast. |
| 1:09.9 | This week I chat to the extremely talented novelist Matt Haig. |
| 1:15.0 | He's the number one trending author in the world right now for his book, The Midnight Library, which I adore. |
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