From Scriptwriting to Sagas with Joanna Toye

11 Jun 2021 ARCHIVED (over 3 months old) - view latest news

Join us to hear Joanna Toye talk about her latest novel, "The Victory Girls" and work to date, in conversation with Jackie Kaines Lang virtually on Zoom on Wednesday 30th June at 2pm. Tickets for this event are free and can be booked on Eventbrite.

From writing scripts for Crossroads, Doctors, EastEnders and Radio 4's long-running serial The Archers, Joanna turned to fiction with her successful Shop Girls series. With four books out already and a new one, The Victory Girls, published on 8th July, Joanna will talk about her novels and share some some soap secrets too.

Joanna's latest book The Victory Girls is set in Spring 1944. "As the Allied forces push closer to longed-for victory, Lily Collins yearns to join up and do her bit. But her best friend Gladys faces having her first baby alone, with her beloved Bill back with the Navy. And their other great friend, Beryl, is run off her feet building her bridal-hire business amid the bomb damage. Yet for Lily, no amount of helping with a new batch of evacuees matches up to the lure of the ATS. And while wedding bells are ringing for others at Marlows Department Store, where the girls met, will they be heard for Lily and her young man, Jim - or does fate have another twist in store? Lily, Beryl and Gladys must once again face the challenges of war to claim the happiness they all deserve."

Before the virtual event why not borrow a title by Joanna Toye from your local library or our digital library BorrowBox.