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She is also a poet, with an award-winning collection called Gathering Evidence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270c576e4b0058d58b65744/1540196633603-MFQZNFSXTPXX7HR5PFR9/Cathedral.JPG News and Events - A Super Time in Salisbury The setting for the evening event – Salisbury Cathedral – was so dramatic, it deserves its own photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270c576e4b0058d58b65744/1540196824970-ZJ96UDK0CH3PBRXU82I7/Haig+audience.JPG News and Events - A Super Time in Salisbury Hundreds of people await the arrival of Matt Haig, whose newest work for adults, Notes on a Nervous Planet, offers thoughts and strategies for anxious readers. His just-out book for kids, The Truth Pixie, does the same, via a charming story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270c576e4b0058d58b65744/1540196998056-ZP6BY0RQKJT5SI2AJJ7D/Haig+talking.JPG News and Events - A Super Time in Salisbury Matt Haig, on stage! It was an exciting experience to be up there with him, listening to him be so candid, and so funny, about his mental health struggles and the various ways forward. Just look at my expression. There were lots of wonderful surprises in his talk! https://www.alisonjeanlester.com/news/2018/10/12/salisbury-literary-festival-october-17-21 monthly 0.5 2018-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270c576e4b0058d58b65744/1539342056508-EYM0YP4TFZXDL2FG4X7A/IMG_20181011_103924.jpg News and Events - Salisbury Literary Festival, October 17-21 https://www.alisonjeanlester.com/news/2018/10/12/talking-about-lily-may monthly 0.5 2018-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270c576e4b0058d58b65744/1539341689873-O7ELFEU70EMAPCTTQKTS/IMG_20181008_161431.jpg News and Events - Talking About Lily May Ready to catch my train to Birmingham before the show, heavily weighed down by many copies of my short-story collection and two bottles of wine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270c576e4b0058d58b65744/1539341803065-2LNHNL28N6QKHD2CBTP9/IMG_20181008_181814.jpg News and Events - Talking About Lily May Phil Bond and Tom Clarke-Hill warming up before showtime. https://www.alisonjeanlester.com/news/2018/7/20/walking-in-beauty monthly 0.5 2018-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270c576e4b0058d58b65744/1532094665659-03SX2KSGG6OTFVPC8YN3/Flyer-1-1-01.jpg News and Events - Walking in Beauty, Saturday 28 July, London https://www.alisonjeanlester.com/news/2018/4/18/improv-for-writers-at-the-dublin-international-literature-festival monthly 0.5 2018-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270c576e4b0058d58b65744/1524059363308-2742N7G9N8QA8MMAZHCK/ilfd+logo.png News and Events - Improv for Writers at the Dublin International Literature Festival https://www.alisonjeanlester.com/news/2018/1/30/talk-at-daunt-books-in-hampstead-march-8th monthly 0.5 2018-01-30 https://www.alisonjeanlester.com/news/2018/1/23/swiftlits-january-book-box monthly 0.5 2018-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270c576e4b0058d58b65744/1516720459219-QXGUZSL21Z2ECJGMI1N8/IMG-9265.JPG News and Events - SwiftLit's January book box! https://www.alisonjeanlester.com/news/2017/11/17/haiku-in-hong-kong-market-cats monthly 0.5 2017-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5270c576e4b0058d58b65744/1510903695213-8IEZ7F0IATSC0TSQIWBF/23634292_10156865366695968_1940428301_o.jpg News and Events - Haiku in 'Hong Kong Market Cats'! 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