Henley Literary Festival has just announced two brilliant summer popup events: one featuring Matt Haig, author of The Life Impossible, in conversation with Bryony Gordan, and another featuring one of Britain’s best-loved Michelin-starred chefs, Tom Kerridge, who will to join the festival for the first time and reflect on his career in the kitchen, on screen, and on the page.

Matt Haig in conversation with Bryony Gordan

7th June, 4pm – Christ Church

Benedict Cumberbatch called it “a beautiful novel full of life-affirming wonder and imagination”, while Lemn Sissay said “okay folks, buckle up. Matt Haig, the wonder, is back”. Now as Sunday Times bestseller The Life Impossible is published in paperback Matt Haig joins us in Henley for the first time. Among the rugged hills and golden beaches of the Balearics, retired maths teacher Grace searches for answers about a long-lost friend’s life.

A decade on from his ground-breaking, acclaimed memoir Reasons to Stay Alive, Matt has continued to delight readers around the world, from his bestselling novels The Midnight Library, How to Stop Time and The Humans to his much-loved children’s books A Boy Called Christmas, To Be A Cat and Echo Boy.