Articles, Interviews and Reviews

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Articles by Joanne

Why I'm Ditching the Internet

Article by Joanne Harris in the Daily Mail.

Life in the Middle of Nowhere

Joanne's article about living in the country from The Independent (7 January 2009)

Fantasy Islands: Joanne Harris heads to Hawaii

Article by Joanne from the Independent on her recent visit to Hawaii.

Edgar Allen Poe, master of horror

Article by Joanne from the Telegraph.

Journey to the Land the World Forgot

Joanne's account of her visit to Congo for Médecins sans Frontières.

Scholarly Work - Dissertations, 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

"I'm Never Scared to Write Anything"

Report on the Open Book Festival which Joanne attended in Russia. From the Prime Time Russia website.

Sky Arts' The Book Show

Online supplementary information following Joanne's May 2010 appearance on the television series.

Review of Joanne Harris at St. Etheldreda’s Church in Ely

Review of Joanne's talk on the weblog of "rjwestwell".

Why not judge a book by its cover - or at least its title

Brief reference to 'Five Quarters...' in a piece about intriguing book titles..

Pleased to meet ... author Joanne Harris

Short interview with photographs from the Huddersfield Magazine.

Interview: Joanne Harris novelist

From the Church Times website

Joanne Harris information, recommendations, etc

From the Book Army website

Leading author shows us round her house

Article from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 13 January 2009

Interview with Joanne Harris

On Kim Antieau's Website.

Interview with Joanne

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

Article by Joanne Harris in The Guardian

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

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.

Against Grim-Lit

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

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.

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.