Matt Haig: The Life Impossible

When retired maths teacher Grace is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no plan.

Among the rugged hills and golden beaches of the Balearics, Grace searches for answers about her friend’s life, and how it ended. What she uncovers is stranger than she could have dreamed. But to dive into this impossible truth, Grace must first come to terms with her past.

Join Matt Haig as he presents the London launch of this story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning, in conversation with poet Hollie McNish. The event opens with a balearic-inspired DJ set from Macca. Tropical cocktails and mocktails are available from the bar, and there are souvenirs and photo opportunities at the post-show signing, making this event a trip to Ibiza rolled into one night.

Hollie McNish is a poet and author based between Glasgow and Cambridge. She was the first poet to record at Abbey Road Studios, London and won the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry for her poetic parenting memoir Nobody Told Me, of which The Scotsman stated ‘The world needs this book’. She has published four further collections of poetry – Papers, Cherry Pie, Plum and Slug, which was a Sunday Times bestseller. Her new book, Lobster, and other things I’m learning to love is out now.

First appearing on NTS Radio back in 2015, Macca has grown into a staple of Saturday mornings since holding down the weekly slot with the One Glove Breakfast Show in late 2021. The show has become a beautiful ritual for many, with Macca musically moving across folk, jazz, soul, balearic, house and much more, with a dedicated following of listeners, a buzzing chatroom and his dulcet scouse tones delivering a spectrum of sounds in a relaxed, low-key and heartfelt way.