Joanne Harris

Joanne Harris is the author of the Whitbread-shortlisted Chocolat (made into a major film starring Juliette Binoche), Blackberry Wine, Five Quarters of the Orange, Coastliners, Holy Fools, Jigs & Reels, and, with Fran Warde, The French Kitchen: A Cookbook. She lives in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, with her husband and daughter.

Fellow novelist ANNE BERRY on JOANNE HARRIS

I have thoroughly enjoyed all Joanne Harris’s books but Gentlemen and Players I quite simply adored. I loved the character Roy Straightley, an aging Classic’s teacher with a dicky heart, clinging tenaciously to honest old values, his delightfully ironic sense of humour, his warmth, his dedication. In his secure hands we are led into such a gripping story with so many twist and turns that my only sadness was that it had to end.

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Blueeyedboy Joanne Harris April 2011 Book of the Month. A brilliantly plotted thriller from the author of Chocolat. This tale of a highly dysfunctional family is gripping, humorous and ever so slightly chilling. Joanne Harris... Format: Paperback - Released: 31/03/2011 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Blueeyedboy Joanne Harris April 2010 Book of the Month. Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 13 May 2010. A brilliantly plotted thriller from the author of Chocolat. This tale of a highly dysfunctional... Format: Hardback - Released: 31/03/2010 Lovereading Price: £14.24 - Saving £4.75 (25%)

The Lollipop Shoes Joanne Harris The much anticipated sequel to Chocolat, The Lollipop Shoes is set 5 years after we left Vianne and her daughter Anouk. Vianne now has another daughter and the three of them live in Montmartre. Vianne has changed their names, given up her... Format: Paperback - Released: 21/04/2008 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Runemarks Joanne Harris Appeared on “Hay-on-Sky” 30 May. A huge and dramatic, soap opera of a novel full of old world magic and larger than life characters. Maddy knows that she is different from everyone else in her village: she was born with a ‘rune’... Format: Hardback - Released: 02/08/2007 Lovereading Price: £11.24 - Saving £3.75 (25%)

The Lollipop Shoes Joanne Harris The much anticipated sequel to Chocolat, The Lollipop Shoes is set 5 years after we left Vianne and her daughter Anouk. Vianne now has another daughter and the three of them live in Montmartre. Vianne has changed their names,... Format: Hardback - Released: 01/05/2007 Lovereading Price: £13.49 - Saving £4.50 (25%)

Gentlemen and Players Joanne Harris One of Anne Berry's favourite books. So different from her lyrical, female-based French novels for this one is set in an English Grammar School and is very much a thriller. Fast-paced and suspenseful, with an unexpected twist, it flows easily... Format: Paperback - Released: 05/06/2006 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Gentlemen and Players Joanne Harris Joanne Harris, Whitbread shortlisted but better known for her French & Food novels, takes a radical and thrilling departure with her latest. Revenge, mystery and very clever plotting makes this one of her most accomplished to date. Comparison: Patrick Redmond,... Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2005 Lovereading Price: £11.24 - Saving £3.75 (25%)

Chocolat Joanne Harris Into a small rural French village comes a mysterious woman, Vianne, her young daughter and the child’s invisible rabbit. They open a chocolate shop opposite the church. It is Lent and a strange war breaks out between the church and... Format: Paperback - Released: 02/03/2000 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)