Joanna Cannon and Patrick Gale Reunited: Derby Book Festival on May 30, 2026
Patrick will be in conversation with Dr Joanna Cannon about both his Love LaneLove Lane and her An Unlikely Visitor. 3pm at QUAD.
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 to explore the extraordinary secrets buried under the surface of seemingly ordinary lives.
Tickets: £12 from the festival website.
