The Moonlight Market: Joanne Harris in conversation - Trafalgar Square

Join us as we welcome Joanne Harris, the international bestselling author of Chocolat, who will be in conversation with Samantha Shannon, discussing Joanne's new gloriously romantic tale, The Moonlight Market, which follows the tale of a photographer who discovers a secret market in the heart of London, that appears only in moonlight, where charms and spells are bought with memories.."This is the story of the world hidden in the corner of your eye...Tom is a photographer. Orphaned, lonely, lost in his work, he has no intention of falling in love. And yet, love finds him in the shape of beautiful Vanessa, who lives a dangerous double life in the heart of London's King's Cross.Tom's pursuit of Vanessa leads him through the secret layers of London as he discovers an entire world captured in the negatives, one where a magic war, a lost prince, and an epic romance are waiting to be found..."JOANNE HARRIS is an Anglo-French author, whose books include fourteen novels, two cookbooks and many short stories. Her work is extremely diverse, covering aspects of magic realism, suspense, historical fiction, mythology and fantasy. In 2000, her 1999 novel CHOCOLAT was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and in 2013 was awarded an MBE by the Queen.

Samantha Shannon is the New York Times and Sunday Times-bestselling author of The Bone Season and Roots of Chaos series. Her work has been translated into twenty-six languages. The Priory of The Orange Tree, her first book outside The Bone Season series, was an international bestseller and has sold over 450,000 copies across all editions. Her latest novel, A Day of Fallen Night, was an instant #1 Sunday Times bestseller, as well as a New York Times bestseller. She lives in London.

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