Audiobooks by Joanna Cannon

Will You Read This, Please?

"‘Moving and vital’ i NEWS ‘A beautiful book’ EVENING STANDARD ‘Deserves to be read by as wide an audience as possible’ DAILY MIRROR How do we give a voice to those who so often remain unheard? Will You Read This, Please? is a frank and impactful collection of twelve stories written in conjunction with our best British writers, including Tracy Chevalier and Clare Mackintosh, based on the lived experience of people who have faced mental illness in the UK. Edited by Sunday Times bestselling author Joanna Cannon, the stories told here are powerful, resonant and heart-breaking. This is a ground-breaking and unforgettable collection, shining a light on the stigma and isolation of living with mental illness, while also showing the strength and resilience of the human spirit."

Joanna Cannon (Author), Catrin Walker-Booth, Cecilia Appiah, Eilidh Beaton, Elliot Chapman, Harrison Knights, Joe Jameson, Lucy Price-Lewis, Mofetoluwa Akande (Narrator)

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A Tidy Ending

"‘Devastating, deceptive and darkly funny’ SARAH WINMAN ‘It had me holding my breath!’ MARIAN KEYES ’I loved this novel. It was perfection. Highly recommend’ CECELIA AHERN ‘A stupendous novel… complicated, dark, funny and very human’ FERN BRITTON MEET LINDA. Linda lives a nice, normal life, on a nice, normal street with Terry, her perfectly ordinary husband. Linda’s not like everyone else, she keeps herself to herself. But she’s good at solving puzzles and there are times she sees things other people might have overlooked. Because nothing on Cavendish Avenue is quite as it seems. People have started to go missing in the neighbourhood and Linda will soon discover that some secrets can’t stay buried forever… –-––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ‘Genuinely haunting’ THE TIMES, Thrillers of the Year ‘A curtain-twitching, darkly funny tale with a gloriously sinister twist’ OBSERVER ‘Joanna Cannon creates a world that is so real, so parochial and stifling… Then adds in a killer. Glorious’ JANE FALLON ‘Not just a twist-laden mystery, but a keenly observed slice of life. Her best yet’ CLARE MACKINTOSH ‘A darkly funny and delightfully sinister read’ MAIL ON SUNDAY ‘Compelling… combines pathos with lovely flashes of humour and a wholly unexpected ending’ GUARDIAN ‘Jo’s writing is as delicate and precise as tapestry and Linda is a character you’ll never forget’ JILL MANSELL Readers are LOVING this book: ‘Outstanding’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Unforgettable’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wonderfully complex’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Fabulously quirky’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I couldn’t get Linda out of my head’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Left me reeling’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ‘So shocked’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ‘I was completely wrong-footed’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ‘Jaw-dropping twists’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐"

Joanna Cannon (Author), Lissa Berry (Narrator)

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I Am Heathcliff: Stories Inspired by Wuthering Heights

"16 modern fiction superstars shine a startling light on the romance and pain of the infamous literary pair Heathcliff and Cathy. Short stories to stir the heart and awaken vital conversation about love. Sixteen stories inspired by Wuthering Heights. In ‘Terminus’ a young woman hides in an empty Brighton hotel; in ‘Thicker Than Blood’ a man sits in a hot tub stalking his newly-married love on social media; and in ‘A bird half-eaten’ an amateur boxer prepares for a match. A woman recalls the ‘Heathcliffs I Have Known’ and the physical danger she has borne at their hands; in ‘Anima’ a child and a fox are unified in one startling moment of violence; and in ‘One Letter Different’ two teenagers walk the moors and face up to their respective buried secrets. Curated by Kate Mosse and commissioned for Emily Brontë’s bicentenary year in 2018, these fresh, modern stories pulse with the raw beauty and pain of love and are as timely as they are illuminating. The full list of contributors is: Leila Aboulela, Hanan Al-Shaykh, Joanna Cannon, Alison Case, Juno Dawson, Louise Doughty, Sophie Hannah, Anna James, Erin Kelly, Dorothy Koomson, Grace McCleen, Lisa McInerney, Laurie Penny, Nikesh Shukla, Michael Stewart and Louisa Young."

Alison Case, Anna James, Hanan al-Shaykh, Joanna Cannon, Juno Dawson, Leila Aboulela, Louisa Young, Louise Doughty, Nikesh Shukla, Sophie Hannah (Author), Dami Olukoya, Freddie Gaminara, Karen Cogan, Lara Sawalha, Lucy Brownhill (Narrator)

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Three Things About Elsie: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018

"The Sunday Times Bestseller ‘Lovely, lovely, lovely… Sue Townsend meets Kate Atkinson meets Nina Stibbe’ MARIAN KEYES ‘Powerful and profound’ Guardian ‘Another sure-fire hit’ Daily Mail ‘Funny, melancholy, acutely observant’ Sunday Express ‘Cannon is so attuned to other people’s stories… a chronicler both of the human condition and the quotidian details which speak to who we are’ Guardian 84-year-old Florence has fallen in her flat at Cherry Tree Home for the Elderly. As she waits to be rescued, she considers the charming new resident who looks exactly like a man she once knew – a man who died sixty years ago. His arrival has stirred distant memories she and Elsie thought they’d laid to rest. Lying prone in the front room, Florence wonders if a terrible secret from her past is about to come to light …"

Joanna Cannon (Author), Paula Wilcox (Narrator)

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The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

"THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Part whodunnit, part coming of age, this is a gripping debut about the secrets behind every door’ RACHEL JOYCE ‘Cannon is so attuned to other people’s stories… a chronicler both of the human condition and the quotidian details which speak to who we are’ GUARDIAN ‘A very special book’ NATHAN FILER ‘An utter delight’ SARAH WINMAN ‘A delight’ PAULA HAWKINS ‘A treasure chest of a novel’ JULIE COHEN ‘One of the standout novels of the year’ HANNAH BECKERMAN ‘I didn't want the book to end’ CARYS BRAY ‘An excellent debut’ JAMES HANNAH ‘Grace and Tilly are my new heroes’ KATE HAMER ‘A wonderful debut’ JILL MANSELL ‘A modern classic in the making’ SARAH HILARY ‘A stunning debut’ KATIE FFORDE ‘Phenomenal’ MIRANDA DICKINSON England,1976. Mrs Creasy is missing and The Avenue is alive with whispers. As the summer shimmers endlessly on, ten-year-olds Grace and Tilly decide to take matters into their own hands. And as the cul-de-sac starts giving up its secrets, the amateur detectives will find much more than they imagined…"

Joanna Cannon (Author), Paula Wilcox (Narrator)

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