Author Buzz | Fans of Joanne Harris | Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/fans-of-joanne-harris/ Activity feed for the group, Fans of Joanne Harris. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:48:56 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 5972e68c68c88c19ded7ba0af36f0984 Blog: I finished reading “Chocolat” today, and decided to draw the main character in honor of it. from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/808913886256480256 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:46:37 +0000 myakmyak:I finished reading “Chocolat” today, and decided to draw the main character in honor of it.

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]]> 0 b92cf8f111292cde91ee6980596bd813 Blog: My cartoon for this week’s New Scientist. from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/808913379617013760 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:38:34 +0000 myjetpack:ALTMy cartoon for this week’s New Scientist.Tom Gauld

]]> 0 2ea7a3bb16848dfb6c5d418c4a6c7ef6 Blog: In Praise of the Battered Paperback from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/808796798931107840 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:45:34 +0000 Old books are the heart of my childhood. While I was growing up, we had more books in the house than we had furniture. The walls were shelved in hardbacked books; […]

]]> 0 8bd49ca9c6cb915b5bad9c35b55ff4f6 Blog: I finished reading “Chocolat” today, and decided to draw the main character in honor of it. from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/802215711115198464 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 20:21:59 +0000 myakmyak:I finished reading “Chocolat” today, and decided to draw the main character in honor of it.

]]> 0 6a813f865a816a0904a610c75a6d8609 Blog: from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/783529518972452864 Wed, 14 May 2025 14:12:58 +0100 Vianne’s Confession | Joanne Harris

]]> 0 798bb2d424186ee4b8ba96b2c6793401 Blog: You wanted to know what she looks like? Here she is: Vianne’s Chocolat; available from all Blue… from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/783145319564263425 Sat, 10 May 2025 08:26:17 +0100 You wanted to know what she looks like? Here she is: Vianne’s Chocolat; available from all Blue Diamond Nurseries from May 22nd. And she smells gorgeous…

]]> 0 790dd282c03660f3f09fd0ef0a9ba7e1 Blog: from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/783145149500997632 Sat, 10 May 2025 08:23:35 +0100 trochaic-mutant-ninja-tetrameter:art-tnt:ALT🎶You deserve to get paid! Let them know th […]

]]> 0 5e59c532f02514594a79e970d6558679 Blog: Naming the rose from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/783144980106690560 Sat, 10 May 2025 08:20:53 +0100 I wrote this about the weird and emotional journey that is finding and naming a new rose. I hope you like it…“It’s funny, how far a glass of champagne can som […]

]]> 0 2065ec4809f96f86f683d376e866727f Jane Smith joined the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/13862/ Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:18:44 +0100 0 e160121d8c03f2881865e9750544074c Blog: Burn the library, or walk inside. Either way, it’s your choice. from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/757968499530498048 Mon, 05 Aug 2024 10:51:30 +0100 Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you can’t have missed the escalating riots all around the country – riots which the media keep referring to as “protests”, […]

]]> 0 80ba1b2fff3ab2632f79b6fd457461f2 Blog: Two Boxers Walk Into the Ring… from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/757699826923208704 Fri, 02 Aug 2024 11:41:04 +0100 No-one can have missed the absolute scenes on social media, both before and after the boxing match between Imane Khelife and Angela Carini, from which Carini […]

]]> 0 19cb45776392b4bca463a5d24712150c Blog: On Turning 60 from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/755966813954818048 Sun, 14 Jul 2024 08:35:34 +0100 When I was a child, someone told me: “Every life is a story.” I used to wonder what mine would be like; what adventures I would have. My favourite stories were fro […]

]]> 0 2cf8ea615bf7e5f9333f1add4b5d1c78 Blog: Content Warning: contains scenes of graphic kindness; wokery; tolerance; profanity. from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/747564656866066432 Fri, 12 Apr 2024 14:46:53 +0100 A few days ago, I posted a little Twitter poll, asking readers (and authors) what they thought of trigger warnings. I followed this up with a short thread, […]

]]> 0 3ca45d2bee8024f53484cd5a35f846ed Blog: from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/742874296795463680 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 20:15:37 +0000 commandtower-solring-go:janesexyway:It should also be recognised that Lucille Ball helped advance the medium of television as a whole by, more or less, inventing […]

]]> 0 6630112057e55a7e6d77cf0d38810f13 Blog: Hello! I just wanted to say that I’ve recently reread the Runemarks books (with the exception of Testament of Loki, which I’m reading for the first time!) and finding endless reasons why child me loved these books, and why adult me loves them even more. They’re infused with such hopeful magic, and have kept me afloat during my first Christmas without my mother — I feel like they found me again at just the right time. Thank you so much for writing them and sharing those stories and characters with the world! (I’m sad to say they spent some not-inconsiderable time in storage after we moved house, but I’m very pleased to say they now have pride of place on my bookshelf once again!) from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/738352232629764096 Mon, 01 Jan 2024 22:19:20 +0000 I’m so very glad you’ve enjoyed them. Happy reading in 2024!

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]]> 0 00c33f4d584c54d8d62209ac529e1e80 Blog: Check out this beautiful thing - the cover for the new collection by @joannechocolat! It features… from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/735248797382361088 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 16:11:34 +0000 gollancz:Check out this beautiful thing – the cover for the new collection by @joannechocolat! It features her stunning novellas A POCKETFUL OF CROWS, THE BLUE […]

]]> 0 0285f0168fca2312669c6d38560c92ee Blog: That’s right baybeeee - ten years after it first launched, Gollanczfest is back and it’s bigger than… from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/735248784168206336 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 16:11:21 +0000 gollancz:That’s right baybeeee – ten years after it first launched, Gollanczfest is back and it’s bigger than ever!WHEN?16th March 2024Leonardo Royal Hotel, […]

]]> 0 b139dcaab88187d715aa349c2baae7aa Blog: from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/728792893850091520 Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:57:44 +0100 neil-gaiman:depsidase:By the wonderful @myjetpack

]]> 0 3b9764f8d80cda5854faf0fd1a051090 Blog: 35 years ago. Oh, man. from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/726536311997071360 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 12:10:20 +0100 35 years ago. Oh, man.

]]> 0 3c6b8094c82fd58a7cc1deb58d0becea Blog: I’m sorry Neil, although I love your writing and agree with your opinions on most subjects I have to disagree with you on the writers’ strike. No-one should have a more privileged life as a result of being clever and creative. I worked from the age of 15 to the age of 65 in low-paid jobs, taking 1 year off to go to drama school and 3 years off to get a fine art degree. I worked in terrible but necessary jobs, labouring, stacking boxes, unloading trucks, running errands, filing, going to work on a bicycle at all hours of the day and night on shift work in all kinds of weather. Even when I was a student I was still working in part-time cleani8ng jobs and even during periods of unemployment I worked in volunteer jobs for charities and social services. According to Mensa I have an IQ of 160 and according to Plymouth University I have a BA hons in Fine Art but I cannot accept the idea that writers and other creative people should avoid normal jobs like driving an “Uber” or working in an office/shop/factory/construction site. To accept that idea would be to create a new aristocratic class when we should abolishing the old princes and aristocrats. What we need, I feel sure, is a redistribution of labour so that everybody who can do so would spend some time each year in blue collar work and everybody who can would get higher education and a chance to make art of one sort or another. The idea of doing other jobs to supplement writing or drawing shouldn’t be seen as a terrible thing, a punishment or a suffering. Sharing the jobs around should be seen as normal. I mean, I’ve done my half century of sweat labour and it didn’t hurt me too much. I’m retired now and still making art of various kinds and I’ve never asked anyone to pay me for any art piece I’ve made. making art, writing, drawing etc. is the fun stuff which we get to do in exchange for the blue collar stuff which puts food on the table. The worst pop song ever written was Sting/Dire Straits song “Money for Nothing” which ridicules the working class from a position of educational privilege. So what’s my question? My question is: What’s wrong with a writer doing other jobs to make ends meet? Sounds perfectly fine to me. from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/725992266263674880 Fri, 18 Aug 2023 12:02:58 +0100 Nothing’s wrong with a writer doing other jobs to make ends meet. Writers and artists have been doing that since the dawn of time. Actors too. But by the same […]

]]> 0 a64ff400431215c84ad422a584a4b0c1 Blog: The Final Chapter from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/725992156799680512 Fri, 18 Aug 2023 12:01:13 +0100 A review – well, sort of – of Chris Fowler’s WORD MONKEY.There are books that you never want to end. Sometimes it’s because of the thrilling plot; or the fantasti […]

]]> 0 da2ecea5a2a3a6950c2917d792fb43b9 Blog: Here’s something nice for you, tumblr - BROKEN LIGHT, for the piffling price of just 99p on Kindle… from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/724372424176680960 Mon, 31 Jul 2023 14:56:16 +0100 Broken Light: The explosive and unforgettable new novel from the million copy bestselling author eBook : Harris, Joanne: Amazon.co.uk: KindlHere’s something nice […]

]]> 0 cb03d1c647c0287353a6c163eaea1b10 Blog: Mermaids and Mr Freud... from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/724284000553910272 Sun, 30 Jul 2023 15:30:49 +0100 What do you think when you hear the word “mermaid”? Chances
are, you’ll imagine a beautiful girl with a sparkling fish tail, naked breasts,
flowing hair, gazin […]

]]> 0 5b85eab9a504eda600612230f91d5594 Blog: The Union Solidarity Coalition has been formed by WGA members to start helping those in other unions… from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/724283147359010816 Sun, 30 Jul 2023 15:17:15 +0100 neil-gaiman:neil-gaiman:The Union Solidarity Coalition has been formed by WGA members to start helping those in other unions affected by the strike. Look this over […]

]]> 0 69c63cf0c42803e50fa7b2b7a175bd9a Blog: Dear Mr X... from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/723736360762081280 Mon, 24 Jul 2023 14:26:19 +0100 It’s hard to give up a relationship, even when it has become
toxic. Even when it brings you no joy, it’s hard to accept the fact that you’re
better off witho […]

]]> 0 69d345b32bd559262f5830e01b245d63 Blog: from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/723095056303669248 Mon, 17 Jul 2023 12:33:03 +0100 sainamoonshine:A note to all creatives:Right now, you have to be a team player. You cannot complain about AI being used to fuck over your industry and then turn […]

]]> 0 571d977ebb3b024aa583a915aeab1ee3 Blog: Hi sorry if this is weird but I just wanted to gush: I grew up on your writing, holy fools is still probably my absolute favourite book of all time and I feel like it was maybe one of the big ones that made me want to make me start writing myself. So thank you because I’m getting my first book published this year! And I’m so excited for your new book! from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/719680818053775361 Fri, 09 Jun 2023 20:05:12 +0100 That’s so wonderful to hear. Congratulations!

]]> 0 d4305592d88956d338ad423468ec00b1 Toni McHadden joined the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/10821/ Mon, 08 May 2023 09:54:33 +0100 0 56b4dd19356209453f664339359915ed Bob Bobson joined the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/10777/ Thu, 04 May 2023 12:14:02 +0100 0 08621f9db1d3b22842adc22216478e3a Blog: “There’s something about a woman’s rage that feels very... from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/716028734868717568 Sun, 30 Apr 2023 12:36:54 +0100 “There’s something about a woman’s rage that feels very old, very primal. A man’s rage may be more physical, but a woman’s rage is born from centuries of violen […]

]]> 0 a98b7742a94de619fe674f664a9d8ef7 Charles Maxwell joined the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/10671/ Fri, 28 Apr 2023 21:59:44 +0100 0 db57805cdba49e6560b6a40e8118b3fd Jason Latnar joined the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/10647/ Fri, 28 Apr 2023 14:01:51 +0100 0 c32ab6ca2414fd324210528618cf6bf2 Burty Burtman created the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/10646/ Fri, 28 Apr 2023 14:00:12 +0100 0 b513df7d1da581149ca40cbb98c2441f Blog: On why women’s rage is a superpower from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/715832346868350976 Fri, 28 Apr 2023 08:35:24 +0100 My mother hates my new book. I gave her a proof just a few
days ago, and although she’s still only halfway through, she can’t wait to tell
me all the ways in whi […]

]]> 0 d5dd8c4dcdc2f46a704112f2e80caa7d Blog: from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/715316029088202752 Sat, 22 Apr 2023 15:48:45 +0100 decolonize-the-left:✊🏼

]]> 0 edf4c9054d0dcfcd19573248e474ca64 Blog: from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/714684324521328640 Sat, 15 Apr 2023 16:28:04 +0100 cronepunk:dovewithscales:likeadevils:so i have a mildly popular “reblog and put in in the tags” post going around and its. very clear how many people don’t know […]

]]> 0 11e638e65b91c5cbc558e1253d94a788 Blog: What do you think about astrology? As tool for daily life or for writing stories from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/714665081892372480 Sat, 15 Apr 2023 11:22:13 +0100 I think if anything helps you write, use it!

]]> 0 44637e4db08123560bfb2598b7ca7c6a Blog: On Women: Three Ways of Being Invisible. from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/714663916842729472 Sat, 15 Apr 2023 11:03:42 +0100 In a world in
which magazines and TV are filled with perfect, idealized images of women, it’s
sometimes tempting to forget the ease with which we can disappear. I […]

]]> 0 84cdf9649d8e832c12b4ca1c07b26022 Blog: On Power, and on Powering Through, and Why They’re Really Not the Same from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/712309194622140416 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 11:16:24 +0000 I don’t pay much
attention to personal attacks in reviews. It comes as the flipside of success;
an attempt by the critic to puncture what they see as too much s […]

]]> 0 a2ae2cf583528b12405d717849ce1b80 Blog: Remembering Chris Fowler from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/711977107695304704 Thu, 16 Mar 2023 19:18:01 +0000 Remembering Chris Fowler

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]]> 0 29b5860d8588f2d4492cc1bcd61bb391 Blog: Hello from someone who dreams of being a writer someday. How do you manage to write stories from povs of people you have no chance of becoming (men, teenage boys, etc.)? How do you understand what it feels like to be them, to know how they think and what they feel? from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/711850038480994304 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 09:38:18 +0000 The key thing first is to stop thinking of them as XY, and think of them as people…

]]> 0 1c9cb26ab77b68941ea24ac10f614876 Blog: Hi Joanne Harris, A few months ago, I was at an event you were part of, and you signed my copy of The Gospel of Loki. What I didn’t say then, because I couldn’t, was thank you. Loki was the first character I read who was queer, and wasn’t cisgender. When I look back, your version of Loki let me see myself as who I was, instead of who I thought I had to be. He was the first character in whom I saw that part of myself. Thank you, thank you, thank you. from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris https://joannechocolat.tumblr.com/post/711682093933101056 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 13:08:54 +0000 The pleasure’s all mine, and I’m so very glad to hear that my book helped you see yourself in its pages. Thank you for taking the time to say so. Sending love,Joanne x

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