An Evening with Matt Haig: Embracing Hope, Wonder and the Power of the Imagination (Part Two)

Welcome back to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet. I'm producer Mia Serenti. Today's recording is part two of our recent live event with author Matt Haig. Matt spoke to broadcaster and podcaster Brony Gordon recently at Union Chapel, live in London. They discussed mental health, the affirming power of fiction, and Matt's new novel, The Life Impossible.

If you haven't heard part one, we recommend jumping back an episode to get up to speed. Let's rejoin the conversation now, live on stage at Union Chapel. So if a novel is a selfie of your brain at the time that you wrote it, the Life Impossible, and I don't know how many people, I'm sure you've all read it. If not, by the way, I've completely forgot to do this housekeeping at the beginning. Matt will be on stage signing books at the end of this.

And this is going to end at 8.30. And uh we are going to go to audience questions. This is terrible doing this at 7.37. I was supposed to do this at 7.01. We are going to go to audience questions at 8 p.m.

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