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Matt Haig

Matt Haig talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel, How to Stop Time.

Matt Haig has written frankly and movingly about his struggles with depression, topped the seasonal bestseller lists with A Boy Called Christmas and The Girl Who Saved Christmas and his new novel, How To Stop Time, takes on big questions of life, death and mortality. He talks to Mariella Frostrup about his varied writing career.

Also on the programme, as part of 大象传媒 Radio 4's Queer Icon Season, Val McDermid celebrates Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel Orlando; and a literary postcard from Argentina.

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28 minutes

Last on

Thu 13 Jul 2017 15:30

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Chapters

  • Matt Haig

    Duration: 12:23

  • Mariana Enriquez

    Duration: 04:14

  • Val McDermid on Orlando

    Duration: 07:03

  • Literary Pet Peeves

    Duration: 03:24

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Mariella Frostrup
Interviewed Guest Matt Haig
Interviewed Guest Val McDermid

Broadcasts

  • Sun 9 Jul 2017 16:00
  • Thu 13 Jul 2017 15:30

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