The book wot I wrote Jun 16, 2008
Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl With a Pearl Earring and chair of the Society of Authors, said: "I'm amazed the publishers even put this up. If it's ghostwritten, then it's inappropriate that it should be shortlisted." Author Joanne Harris, who also writes for children, called it "depressing beyond words" and said, "If this is an award for people who write books then it should be open only to people who write books, not someone who lends their name to a book." Both rather missed the point that... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
At Your Library: April is aces at Brooks Apr 15, 2008
Our Literary Diners book group meets on Tuesday, April 22, at 6:30 p.m. This month s selectionis Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris. Please bring a personal place setting and a potluck dish to share. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Price causes outrage over book award Mar 25, 2008
Chocolat writer Joanne Harris said: "This book winning would be depressing beyond anything.". Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with a Pearl Earring, added: "I'm shocked. I'm amazed the publishers even put the book up. If it's ghostwritten then it's inappropriate that it should be shortlisted. I am disappointed by the judges.". (Digital Spy)
It's the clever way to power - part 2 Mar 16, 2008
Joanne Harris (St Catharine's). Robert Harris (Selwyn). (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Dayna Steele -- still a shining star Mar 6, 2008
Others joining them on the runway are Chairman JoAnne Harris, Tuie Lee, Anne Morley, Dina Null, Jayne Samson, Kathryn Sanford, Sue Warters and Win Weber. Besides the style show, a social hour is planned, a silent auction and raffle, plus the luncheon. (The Citizen - online, TX)
The learning curve of life is continuous Feb 26, 2008
Runemarks by Joanne Harris, Alfred A. Knopf, 2008, 526 pages, 18 ... A fast paced adventure steeped in Norse mythology, old Norse tales, and the exceptional imagination of author Joanne Harris, Runemarks is nothing less than extraordinary. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Readers vote on top books Feb 20, 2008
Chocolat - Joanne Harris 76. Dirt Music - Tim Winton 77. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Bestsellers list Feb 3, 2008
Runemarks - Debut Joanne Harris, Knopf, $18. 99, 9780375844447. (Scranton Times, PA)
Stiff competition for Scottish novel prize Jan 22, 2008
Now in its third year, the festival takes place in the city's Mitchell Library and features over 200 authors, including Hanif Kureishi, Louis de Bernires, Tony Parsons, Joanne Harris, Blake Morrison and Hollywood star Kathleen Turner. Guardian Unlimited. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Book buzz: Geraldine Brooks has a heck of a 'Book' Jan 17, 2008
Magical bonbons that can transform lives were part of the recipe in Joanne Harris' successful 1999 novel, Chocolat. (Johnny Depp and Juliet Binoche starred in the 2001 film version. (USA Today -- Life)
Pages Through The Ages Dec 29, 2007
Full of historical and scientific details - and plot twists galore - The Time Thief" flip-flops between contemporary and Georgian London and revolutionary France, as Kate and Peter struggle to find each other and set things right. Norse mythology, especially the parts about the end of the world, inspired Runemarks" (Knopf, out Jan. 8), an epic adventure tale from Joanne Harris (whose adult novel, Chocolat," was turned into a Johnny Depp movie). Maddy Smith, a 14-year-old with a bad... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
May contain Knutsford Nov 24, 2007
When I eventually find a copy of the novel which is being broadcast in a BBC1 dramatisation on Sunday evenings it is not in the section of Waterstone's marked Fiction along with Joanne Harris, Louise Bagshaw, Margaret Drabble and Jane Austen (the women, I notice). Nor is it under Literature (along with Hardy, Galsworthy and Dickens, the men). (Independent)
Surviving Ninja rebels Sep 10, 2007
British writer Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat, has just travelled through the Pool region of Congo, which has been devastated by civil war between the army and Ninja rebels. She travelled with aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) and wrote this account of her experiences for BBC News Online. (BBC News -- Africa)
The last laugh: your favourite 50 Jul 22, 2007
Joanne Harris, Wellington, New Zealand. We say: Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg brought British comedy back to life with a jolt in this violently funny film, dubbed a 'zom-rom-com' by its makers. (Guardian Unlimited)
Chocolate to terrorism in gathering of the literate May 26, 2007
It took the author Joanne Harris a few years to work out what had happened to Vianne, memorably played by Juliette Binoche in the film of the book, but the key was Vianne's daughter, Anouk. "I needed to wait for my own daughter to grow, to become more like Anouk, so I could base the character on her," Harris says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Mystery Writers of America Announces 2007 Edgar Award Winners Apr 27, 2007
BEST NOVEL The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard (HarperCollins) The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin (Sarah Crichton Books/FSG) Gentlemen rs by Joanne Harris (HarperCollins - William Morrow) The Dead Hour by Denise Mina (Hachette Book Group - Little, Brown and Company) The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard (Random House - Ballantine Books) Liberation Movements by Olen Steinhauer (St. Martin's Minotaur) BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson (Random House)... (PR Newswire)
The write stuffWhat makes us pour our heart out in novels destined for the bin? Apr 24, 2007
At London Book Fair's seminar on novel-writing, the vast majority of questions being posed to authors Joanne Harris and Tim Lott, and agent Simon Trewin and publisher Antonia Hodgson, are about debut novels ... Joanne Harris had to wait a long time for major success. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
One sweet taste transforms a village Feb 22, 2007
Based on a book by Joanne Harris, directed by Swedish director Lasse Hallstrom with a big-name cast, "Chocolat" combines inspiration, comedy and a mix of ancient pagan magic and contemporary society. It's set in a late-1950s small French town whose residents behave with decorum, particularly as Lent approaches, by attending church regularly and shunning sweet treats until Easter. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
Harris’ historic attire, legacy become part of library Feb 21, 2007
Before Harris, who was a former mayor of Hopewell and is the longest-serving City Council member, opened the floor for students questions, one of his daughters, Joanne Harris Lucas, said a few words about him. Lucas, along with one of her brothers, Curtis Harris Jr., decided to create the display. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)
News Briefs, February 6, 2007 Feb 7, 2007
Hennepin County Library Director Amy Ryan submitted the following book list: "The Year of Magical Thinking," by Joan Didion; "The Age of Innocence," by Edith Wharton; "Ethan Frome," by Edith Wharton; "Between, Georgia," by Joshilyn Jackson; "Gentlemen and Players," by Joanne Harris; "The Thirteenth Tale," by Diane Setterfield; "The Dante Club," by Matthew Pearl; and "The Poe Shadow," by Matthew Pearl. Pastor at Wayzata Community Church gives opening prayer for U.S. House. (Minnetonka Lakeshore Weekly News, MN)
What's the best novel in the past 25 years? Oct 8, 2006
Tim Adams; Monica Ali; Hephzibah Anderson; Michael Arditti; Kate Atkinson; David Baddiel; Joan Bakewell; JG Ballard; Lynn Barber; Nicola Barker; Julian Barnes; Sebastian Barry; Ronan Bennett; Nicholas Blincoe; Will Boyd; Melvyn Bragg; Sylvia Brownrigg; John Burnside; AS Byatt; John Carey; Peter Carey; Justin Cartwright; Susannah Clapp; Jonathan Coe; Cressida Connolly; Rachel Cooke; Jason Cowley; Alain de Botton; Margaret Drabble; Sarah Dunant; Douglas Dunn; Geoff Dyer; Will Eaves; David... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
France: a country of two halves Jul 9, 2006
Prominent British-French: Isambard Kingdom Brunel, engineer; Joanne Harris, writer. Place to be tonight: Le Bouchon Bordelais, Battersea, London. (Guardian Unlimited)
More recommendations and tips Jul 2, 2006
6 Gentlemen and Players Joanne Harris (Transworld). 7 The Broker John Grisham (Random House). (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Spring Books: Outstanding to insufferable Mar 20, 2006
Standouts this season: Ali Smith's "The Accidental" and "Gentlemen and Players," by "Chocolat" author Joanne Harris ... In "Gentlemen and Players," (William Morrow, $25) written by Joanne Harris, author of the beloved "Chocolat," the answer is everything, and the reader is slowly stripped of any preconceptions that such a quiet refuge was ever safe in the first place. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Library books Feb 11, 2006
The books I do buy for my shelf, the ones I know I will treasure and read again and again, are by such fabulous romantic authors as Dorothy Dunnett, M. M. Kaye, Sheri Holman, Joanne Harris, Barbara Kingsolver, Rosamund Pilcher - and not a "bodice ripper" among them either. I would also add that romance in fiction is so widespread that there are very few novels that contain none at all - and that includes the thrillers. (TimesOnline)
