Matt Haig talks about his latest novel


Author Matt Haig

We catch up with Matt Haig, the number 1 Sunday Times bestselling author, as he tells us a little more about his brand new novel, The Midnight Library…

The Midnight Library cover A story about regret, hope and second chances, and appreciating the one life you have… 

When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right.

Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change.

The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren’t always what she imagined they’d be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger.

Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?

Matt tells us more…

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig is published by Canongate Books, £16.99 (ebook £11.99) and available now from Amazon.


Cover of My Weekly latest issue September 1 with Billie Piper and super saladsTo mark #ReadABookDay on September 6, our Fiction Editor, Claire, will be picking up Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library – and you can find out what other books she’ll be reading in Time For A Chat in this week’s issue…

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