Joanne Harris: Chocolat
Joanne Harris takes questions from readers on her best-selling novel, Chocolat. Published in 1999, the book sold over a million copies in the UK and won the Creative Freedom Award.
Led by presenter James Naughtie, the writer Joanne Harris takes questions from a BBC Bookclub audience on her best-selling novel, Chocolat. Published in 1999, the book follows the character of Vianne Rocher, a chocolate-maker and sometime witch, who arrives in the village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes with her six-year-old daughter Anouk at the beginning of Lent and opens a chocolaterie opposite the church. Francis Reynaud, the local priest, disapproves of her instantly and Vianne's arrival polarizes the villagers.
The book sold over a million copies in the UK and won the Creative Freedom and Whitaker Gold awards. It was later turned into an Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp.
Producer: Dom Howell
Editor: Gillian Wheelan
This was a BBC Audio Scotland production.
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