Patrick Gale and Joanna Cannon: Reunited

Saturday 30 May 3:00pm, QUAD DE1 3AS

This event will be filmed and made available as a digital recording after the Festival. Available for purchase here.

Reunion is a theme which runs through both of the new novels from celebrated novelists Patrick Gale and Joanna Cannon, who are also reunited on stage in Derby after their last visit together in 2023.

For Patrick, Love Lane picks up the story of Harry Cane, immortalised in his acclaimed novel, A Place Called Winter. 

After many years he returns to Britain from the wheat fields of Canada to meet his abandoned family. Joanna is well established as an author treasured for her ability to give a voice to those who sit on the fringes of society, a theme she continues in An Unlikely Visitor. 

Margaret has known the tragedy of the unexplained disappearance of her daughter, but unexpectedly she might yet discover the truth.

They both have a gift for exploring the extraordinary secrets buried under the surface of seemingly ordinary lives.

‘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

' Love Lane is the story of a family, told beautifully and with deep understanding. There is no judgement here, only humanity. A joy and a lesson for our time' Ann Cleeves

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