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Sign up todayIt's Not OK to Feel Blue (and other lies)
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Learn moreBrought to you by Penguin.
Everyone has a mental health. So we asked: What does yours mean to you?
THE RESULT IS EXTRAORDINARY.
Over 60 people have shared their stories. Powerful, funny, moving, this book is here to tell you:
It's OK.
With writing and audio from a collection of collaborators including:
Adam Kay - Alastair Campbell - Alexis Caught - Ben Platt - Bryony Gordon - Candice Carty-Williams - Charlie Mackesy - Charly Cox - Chidera Eggerue - Claire Stancliffe - Davina McCall - Dawn O'Porter - Elizabeth Day - Elizabeth Uviebinenรฉ - Ella Purnell - Emilia Clarke - Emma Thompson - Eve Delaney - Fearne Cotton - Gabby Edlin - Gemma Styles - GIRLI (Milly Toomey) - Grace Beverley - Hannah Witton - Honey Ross - Hussain Manawer - Jack Rooke - James Blake - Jamie Flook - Jamie Windust - Jessie Cave - Jo Irwin - Jonah Freud - Jonny Benjamin - Jordan Stephens - Kai-Isaiah Jamal - Kate Weinberg - Kelechi Okafor - Khalil Aldabbas - KUCHENGA - Lauren Mahon - Lena Dunham - Maggie Matic - Martha Lane Fox - Mathew Kollamkulam - Matt Haig - Megan Crabbe - Michael Kitching - Michelle Elman - Miranda Hart - Mitch Price - Mona Chalabi - Montana Brown - Nadia Craddock - Naomi Campbell - Poorna Bell - Poppy Jamie - Reggie Yates - Ripley Parker - Robert Kazandjian - Rosa Mercuriadis - Saba Asif - Sam Smith - Scarlett Curtis - Scarlett Moffatt - Scottee - Sharon Chalkin Feldstein - Shonagh Marie - Simon Amstell - Sinรฉad Burke - Steve Ali - Tanya Byron - Travon Free - Yomi Adegoke - Yusuf Al Majarhi
'This is the freshest, most honest collection of writings about mental health that I've read...searing wit, blinding passion, bleeding emotion and a fantastic, heroic, glorious refusal to lie down and take it' - Stephen Fry
'Reading this book made me feel more normal about the things I feel sometimes...It's a great book; however you're feeling, it'll help' - Ed Sheeran
'This is the book I needed when I was little. May this be a leap forward in the much needed conversation around mental health' - Jameela Jamil
Scarlett Curtis (Author, Reader)
Scarlett Curtis is a writer, journalist, blogger and activist. She curated the Sunday Times bestselling Feminists Don't Wear Pink and other lies, which won the National Book Award 2018. She is the co-founder of The Pink Protest and in 2018 worked on the campaign to end period poverty in the UK.
She has had work published in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, Vogue and a number of other online and offline magazines and newspapers. She is a contributing editor for The Sunday Times Style newspaper titled The Generation Z Hit List; her job is essentially to watch TV, google things and listen to podcasts and she really can't imagine anything better.
Adam Kay (Reader)
Adam Kay is a former doctor who has written five million books and sold seven copies. No, hang on โ heโs written seven books and sold five million copies. His debut book, This is Going to Hurt, is a literary sensation: a Sunday Times number one bestseller for over a year, winning a record-breaking four National Book Awards and selling over 3 million copies. Kay adapted This is Going to Hurt as a BAFTA-winning comedy-drama series for the BBC. Adam Kayโs childrenโs books have been translated into 29 languages and sold over 750,000 copies, making him one of the UKโs bestselling childrenโs authors. Kayโs Anatomy became the fastest-selling childrenโs general non-fiction hardback of the decade. His first picture book Amy Gets Eaten was published in 2023. His first childrenโs fiction hardback, Dexter Procter the Ten-Year-Old Doctor will be published in Autumn 2024.
Miranda Hart (Reader)
Miranda Hart is a writer, comedian and actor. She is best known for her much-loved and multi-award-winning sitcom Miranda, as well as her BAFTA-nominated role of Chummy in Call the Midwife. Notable films include Spy alongside Melissa McCarthy, and playing Miss Bates in the recent adaption of Emma. Her first book, Is It Just Me?, was a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller, winning Non-Fiction Book of the Year in the Specsavers National Book Awards. She has published five books, including Peggy & Me and the childrenโs novel The Girl With the Lost Smile, with combined sales of over a million copies worldwide. She is the first female comedian to do an arena stand-up tour with her โMy, What I Call, Live Showโ.
Instagram @realmirandahart
Scarlett Curtis (Author, Reader)
Scarlett Curtis is a writer, journalist, blogger and activist. She curated the Sunday Times bestselling Feminists Don't Wear Pink and other lies, which won the National Book Award 2018. She is the co-founder of The Pink Protest and in 2018 worked on the campaign to end period poverty in the UK.
She has had work published in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, Vogue and a number of other online and offline magazines and newspapers. She is a contributing editor for The Sunday Times Style newspaper titled The Generation Z Hit List; her job is essentially to watch TV, google things and listen to podcasts and she really can't imagine anything better.
Adam Kay (Reader)
Adam Kay is a former doctor who has written five million books and sold seven copies. No, hang on โ heโs written seven books and sold five million copies. His debut book, This is Going to Hurt, is a literary sensation: a Sunday Times number one bestseller for over a year, winning a record-breaking four National Book Awards and selling over 3 million copies. Kay adapted This is Going to Hurt as a BAFTA-winning comedy-drama series for the BBC. Adam Kayโs childrenโs books have been translated into 29 languages and sold over 750,000 copies, making him one of the UKโs bestselling childrenโs authors. Kayโs Anatomy became the fastest-selling childrenโs general non-fiction hardback of the decade. His first picture book Amy Gets Eaten was published in 2023. His first childrenโs fiction hardback, Dexter Procter the Ten-Year-Old Doctor will be published in Autumn 2024.
Miranda Hart (Reader)
Miranda Hart is a writer, comedian and actor. She is best known for her much-loved and multi-award-winning sitcom Miranda, as well as her BAFTA-nominated role of Chummy in Call the Midwife. Notable films include Spy alongside Melissa McCarthy, and playing Miss Bates in the recent adaption of Emma. Her first book, Is It Just Me?, was a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller, winning Non-Fiction Book of the Year in the Specsavers National Book Awards. She has published five books, including Peggy & Me and the childrenโs novel The Girl With the Lost Smile, with combined sales of over a million copies worldwide. She is the first female comedian to do an arena stand-up tour with her โMy, What I Call, Live Showโ.
Instagram @realmirandahart
Scarlett Curtis (Author, Reader)
Scarlett Curtis is a writer, journalist, blogger and activist. She curated the Sunday Times bestselling Feminists Don't Wear Pink and other lies, which won the National Book Award 2018. She is the co-founder of The Pink Protest and in 2018 worked on the campaign to end period poverty in the UK.
She has had work published in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, Vogue and a number of other online and offline magazines and newspapers. She is a contributing editor for The Sunday Times Style newspaper titled The Generation Z Hit List; her job is essentially to watch TV, google things and listen to podcasts and she really can't imagine anything better.
Adam Kay (Reader)
Adam Kay is a former doctor who has written five million books and sold seven copies. No, hang on โ heโs written seven books and sold five million copies. His debut book, This is Going to Hurt, is a literary sensation: a Sunday Times number one bestseller for over a year, winning a record-breaking four National Book Awards and selling over 3 million copies. Kay adapted This is Going to Hurt as a BAFTA-winning comedy-drama series for the BBC. Adam Kayโs childrenโs books have been translated into 29 languages and sold over 750,000 copies, making him one of the UKโs bestselling childrenโs authors. Kayโs Anatomy became the fastest-selling childrenโs general non-fiction hardback of the decade. His first picture book Amy Gets Eaten was published in 2023. His first childrenโs fiction hardback, Dexter Procter the Ten-Year-Old Doctor will be published in Autumn 2024.
Miranda Hart (Reader)
Miranda Hart is a writer, comedian and actor. She is best known for her much-loved and multi-award-winning sitcom Miranda, as well as her BAFTA-nominated role of Chummy in Call the Midwife. Notable films include Spy alongside Melissa McCarthy, and playing Miss Bates in the recent adaption of Emma. Her first book, Is It Just Me?, was a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller, winning Non-Fiction Book of the Year in the Specsavers National Book Awards. She has published five books, including Peggy & Me and the childrenโs novel The Girl With the Lost Smile, with combined sales of over a million copies worldwide. She is the first female comedian to do an arena stand-up tour with her โMy, What I Call, Live Showโ.
Instagram @realmirandahart
Scarlett Curtis (Author, Reader)
Scarlett Curtis is a writer, journalist, blogger and activist. She curated the Sunday Times bestselling Feminists Don't Wear Pink and other lies, which won the National Book Award 2018. She is the co-founder of The Pink Protest and in 2018 worked on the campaign to end period poverty in the UK.
She has had work published in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, Vogue and a number of other online and offline magazines and newspapers. She is a contributing editor for The Sunday Times Style newspaper titled The Generation Z Hit List; her job is essentially to watch TV, google things and listen to podcasts and she really can't imagine anything better.
Adam Kay (Reader)
Adam Kay is a former doctor who has written five million books and sold seven copies. No, hang on โ heโs written seven books and sold five million copies. His debut book, This is Going to Hurt, is a literary sensation: a Sunday Times number one bestseller for over a year, winning a record-breaking four National Book Awards and selling over 3 million copies. Kay adapted This is Going to Hurt as a BAFTA-winning comedy-drama series for the BBC. Adam Kayโs childrenโs books have been translated into 29 languages and sold over 750,000 copies, making him one of the UKโs bestselling childrenโs authors. Kayโs Anatomy became the fastest-selling childrenโs general non-fiction hardback of the decade. His first picture book Amy Gets Eaten was published in 2023. His first childrenโs fiction hardback, Dexter Procter the Ten-Year-Old Doctor will be published in Autumn 2024.
Miranda Hart (Reader)
Miranda Hart is a writer, comedian and actor. She is best known for her much-loved and multi-award-winning sitcom Miranda, as well as her BAFTA-nominated role of Chummy in Call the Midwife. Notable films include Spy alongside Melissa McCarthy, and playing Miss Bates in the recent adaption of Emma. Her first book, Is It Just Me?, was a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller, winning Non-Fiction Book of the Year in the Specsavers National Book Awards. She has published five books, including Peggy & Me and the childrenโs novel The Girl With the Lost Smile, with combined sales of over a million copies worldwide. She is the first female comedian to do an arena stand-up tour with her โMy, What I Call, Live Showโ.
Instagram @realmirandahart
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Audiobook details
Author:
Scarlett Curtis
Narrators:
Scarlett Curtis, Adam Kay, Honey Ross, Miranda Hart, Saba Asif, Paapa Essiedu, Shvorne Marks & Full Cast
ISBN:
9780241418093
Length:
9 hours 22 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Publication date:
October 3, 2019
Edition:
Unabridged