Joanne Harris

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Joanne Harris: ‘Some of us don’t see the line between the books and the world’
As the author prepares to publish a prequel to her bestselling novel Chocolat, she explains why she engages with real-life political battles too

Ella Creamer

12, Mar, 2024 @5:33 PM

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Joanne Harris: ‘When I first read Ulysses I hated it with a passion’
The Chocolat author on the magic of Ray Bradbury, beating Ulysses fatigue, and the poetry of Wuthering Heights

Joanne Harris

17, Nov, 2023 @10:00 AM

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All the rage: the rise of the menopause novel
Self-help shelves are filled with guides to surviving midlife, but where is the fiction? Lisa Allardice talks to Marian Keyes, Joanne Harris and others about ‘hot-flush lit’

Lisa Allardice

03, Jun, 2023 @8:00 AM

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Boys ‘mustn’t be afraid of female-led books’, says author Joanne Harris
Teaching must change to prevent violence against women, she said at Hay festival, also speaking on narratives of menopause

Lucy Knight

29, May, 2023 @6:40 PM

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Joanne Harris sees off vote to oust her from Society of Authors role
Novelist said ‘rationality has prevailed’ after resolution to unseat her as chair was comprehensively defeated

Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent and Harry Taylor

17, Nov, 2022 @8:07 PM

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Philip Pullman calls for inquiry into writers’ trade union the Society of Authors
The writer, president of the SoA for nine years before he stood down in March, claims the organisation needs ‘investigation from outside’

Sarah Shaffi

22, Sep, 2022 @12:16 PM

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Poison pens: leading writers call for overhaul of UK’s Society of Authors
Literary world riven by conflict as trade union is accused of inappropriately taking sides in culture war

Vanessa Thorpe Arts & media correspondent

21, Aug, 2022 @9:00 AM

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Society of Authors responds to calls for Joanne Harris to step down as committee chair
The writers’ union has clarified its position on free speech following accusations that the Chocolat author made a ‘sideswipe’ at JK Rowling

Sarah Shaffi and Lucy Knight

17, Aug, 2022 @5:17 PM

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Rio Ferdinand given OBE and Damian Lewis CBE in Queen’s birthday honours list
Gareth Bale, Eve Muirhead, Bonnie Tyler and Chi-chi Nwanoku among honourees from arts and sport

Caroline Davies

01, Jun, 2022 @9:30 PM

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Joanne Harris says she saw her cancer as a fictional ‘monster’ she could ‘destroy’
The Chocolat author was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020 and has shared her experiences on social media

Lucy Knight

30, May, 2022 @7:02 PM

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Author Joanne Harris turns down US book deal over censoring of ‘f-bomb’
Author of Chocolat says she does not use words ‘accidentally’

David Barnett

19, Feb, 2022 @2:04 PM

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Social media helped me face cancer, says Chocolat author Joanne Harris
Writer tells Lauren Laverne on Desert Island Discs how she felt ‘connected to the world’ when discussing her breast cancer

Vanessa Thorpe

07, Nov, 2021 @10:15 AM

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