Recent Additions

Mediants & Magie: La mia intervista personale! Added: 3/June/2008

Italian interview with Joanne

Review of The Girl wth no Shadow Added: 23/May/2008

Review by Peggy Webb from WritersAreReaders.com

Håper på ny film med Depp og Binoche Added: 19/May/2008

Norwegian piece by Catherine Gonsholt Ighanian on The Lollipop Shoes and the possibility of its being filmed.

Sequel to "Chocolat" isn't quite as sweet Added: 19/May/2008

Short piece by Bharti Kirchner in the Seattle Times.

Magic in a Parisian candy shop Added: 19/May/2008

Short piece by Mary Popham in the Louisville Courier-Journal.

In Harris' world, only magic can make the difference Added: 19/May/2008

Short note by Sheryl Connelly in the New York Daily News.

'Chocolat' author signs books at Author's Symposium Added: 19/May/2008

Article/interview by Deidre Parker Smith in the Salisbury Post (Salisbury, U.S.A.).

Novelist builds upon rich flavor of 'Chocolat' Added: 19/May/2008

Interview by Nancy Gilson in the Columbus Dispatch.

Seconds: Joanne Harris serves up a mouthwatering sequel to "Chocolat."

Added: 19/May/2008

Review by Brigitte Weeks in the Washington Post.

'Chocolat' heroine matches wits with a witch Added: 19/May/2008

Article by Anne Morris from GuideLive (The Dallas Morning News).

British author brings a bit of fairy tale to D.M. Added: 19/May/2008

Interview in the Des Moines Register.

The sequel is as sweet as 'Chocolat' Added: 19/May/2008

Review by Carol Memmott from USA TODAY.

'Chocolat' Author Returns with a Dark Confection Added: 19/May/2008

Review by Martha Woodroof on the NPR (National Public Radio) website. Includes extract.

Information about The Girl with no Shadow from HarperColins Added: 19/May/2008

Description, reading guide, Joanne's recorded introduction, etc from the publisher's website.

Interview with Joanne Harris Added: 12/May/2008

On Kim Antieau's Website.

Review of The Girl with no Shadow Added: 12/May/2008

Review by Hilary Williamson on the bookloons website.

The sequel is as sweet as ''Chocolat' Added: 12/May/2008

Review of The Girl with no Shadow by Carol Memmott in USA TODAY

"Insider's Guide" to The Girl with no Shadow Added: 5/May/2008

Review by Cara Black on Paris Through Expatriate Eyes website.

"Browse Inside" The Girl with no Shadow Added: 23/April/2008

Facility to view inside the book from the US publisher.

Review of Runemarks on T3A Space Added: 21/April/2008

Review by Iain Emsley on the TTA press website.

Interview with Joanne Added: 7/Apr/2008

Joanne discusses her work with Karl from Writers FM - download the broadcast to hear the interview

Review of Runemarks in The Guardian Added: 1/Nov/2007

Review by Kathryn Hughes in The Guardian, 27 October 2007

Review of Runemarks by Matthew Kent Added: 1/Nov/2007

A charming piece by one of Joanne's younger readers

Interview with Joanne in serendipity online magazine Added: 1/Nov/2007

Interview by Rebecca Davies on magicrealism.co.uk website

Article by Joanne Harris in The Guardian Added: 1/Nov/2007

Short piece in the series "What I see in the mirror" - 8 Sept 2007

Interview with Joanne on Gateway website Added: 1/Nov/2007

Interview with Joanne by Paul Norman largely centred around Runemarks

Runemarks on booklore.co.uk Added: 1/Nov/2007

Runemarks reviewed online at Booklore

Runemarks on TimesOnline Added: 1/Nov/2007

Runemarks chosen and reviewed as 'Children's book of the week'

Runemarks on the Bertelsmann website Added: 12/Sept/06

Information about the German edition of Runemarks - Feuervolk - in German

runemarks.co.uk Added: 8/Aug/06

Official site for the book - where you can hear the first chapter

Runemarks on thebookbag.com Added: 8/Aug/06

Review by Jill Murphy.

Analysis of The Lollipop Shoes Added: 25/June/06

Part review, part analysis from the Authortrek website - with lots of explanatory notes.

An Audience with Joanne Harris at the time of the launch of The Lollipop Shoes Added: 25/June/06

A 'podcast' interview/discussion with Joanne from New Zealand's Big Pod website.
This site might take a little while to start - but stick with it!

Review of The Lollipop Shoes Added: 25/June/06

Review by Helen Brown in the Daily Telegraph.

Interview/News Report on the launch of The Lollipop Shoes Added: 25/June/06

From Yahoo New Zealand.

New Zealand Interview Added: 31/May/2007

An interview following the launch of The Lollipop Shoes.

Scholarly Work - Disserations, etc.

The Magic of Everyday Things by Dawn Tindle

A thorough examination of the literary concept of "magic realism" and the extent to which the term is applicable to Joanne's work, available here by kind permission of the author.

The Role of Religion and the Occult in Joanne Harris Novels

A very interesting and well-researched dissertation by Sara Marshall-Ball, made available here by kind permission of the author.

General Articles and Interviews

Interview with Joanne from The Spokesman Review

Interview by Dan Webster, 12 January 2006.

Article about Joanne and her work on Le Monde website

Article about Joanne together with descriptions of four of her works, in French.

Novel Cuisine on Waitrose.com

A recently rediscovered article by Joanne about a trip to Italy in 2003 while she was working on Holy Fools.

Knizhnaya Vitrina

An interview with Joanne, in Russian.

Chatting up ... Joanne Harris

A short light-hearted interview with Joanne from Cherwell Online .

Against Grim-Lit

Amanda Craig discusses Joanne's work in a piece about the response the readers and critics have to "enjoyable" literature.

Joanne Harris: Biographie, Critique

Brief reviews and notes, in French, at club des rats de biblio-net.

Invoking the devil - a paean to the cocoa bean

A piece from the Femail section of the Daily Mail, 2 December 2004, subtitled "Joanne Harris gives in to the temptations of chocolate"!

Interview - The Writer's Forum

There is an excellent interview in the July 2004 issue of The Writer's Forum by Lisa Tenzin-Dolma. The interview is not actually available on the web, but if you follow the link you will find details of the journal.

A Recipe for Success

A link to Dale Lovell's interview with Joanne - largely about France.

Chocolat and Chips

General article/interview by Harriet Lane, from The Guardian

Food Magic & Westerns

General article about Joanne and her novels by Serena Trowbridge

Interview by Kevin Patrick Mahoney

Wide-ranging interview with Joanne

Interviews at Transworld

A link to the Transworld website which contains various interviews, reviews, etc.

Journey to the Land the World Forgot

A link to Joanne's account of her visit to Congo for Médecins sans Frontières.
Click here for a slightly different version of the article from MSF Australia website - basically the same article, but different photograph.