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What does she hope readers will take away from Not Working?
“What I really wanted to tackle was this idea that there’s a dream job out
there and that you will find happiness through locating that. Work
doesn’t have to equal happiness, work doesn’t have to completely define
you. There are lots of other ways of being fulfilled.” HB
Not Working will be published by Picador on 21 April, £12.99.
Joanna Cannon: ‘We need to be kinder to the people who stand at
the edge of the dancefloor’

Joanna Cannon was inspired by Alan Bennett’s use of words in Talking
Heads. Photograph: Karen Robinson for the Observer

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