An evening with Joanna Cannon

Join bestselling and Women’s Prize longlisted author Joanna Cannon as she chats about her new novel, An Unlikely Visitor. An Unlikely Visitor will publish ten years after Joanna’s breakout debut, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, which stole the hearts of readers all over the country and established Joanna as an author treasured for her ability to give a voice to those who sit on the fringes of society. Margaret thinks her time is up… Things have been hard since her husband Derek died, and they never really got over the disappearance of their daughter, Jeanie, all those years ago. Despite everything, they built a lovely life together… it’s just starting to feel impossible for Margaret on her own. But maybe her time is now? Then one day, Margaret returns home to an unlikely visi­tor, and together they set out to discover what really hap­pened to Jeanie. Perhaps if you knock on enough doors, you might find another end to your story… With Joanna’s trademark humour, heart and poignancy, An Unlikely Visitor explores the extraordinary secrets buried just under the surface of seemingly ordinary lives. ‘An Unlikely Visitor made me laugh, cry and left me filled with hope’ ELIZABETH DAY ‘A perfect book for today’s world’ SARAH WINMAN ‘An extraordinary book, I loved it’ FERN BRITTON ‘Joanna Cannon’s words are like a heartbeat on the page; she is easily one of my favourite authors’ CECELIA AHERN