Will You Read This, Please?

By: Joanna Cannon - editor

Narrated by: Mofetoluwa Akande, Cecilia Appiah, Eilidh Beaton, Elliot Chapman, Joe Jameson, Harrison Knights, Lucy Price-Lewis, Catrin Walker-Booth

‘Moving and vital’ i NEWS

‘A beautiful book’ EVENING STANDARD

‘Deserves to be read by as wide an audience as possible’ DAILY MIRROR

How do we give a voice to those who so often remain unheard? Will You Read This, Please? is a frank and impactful collection of twelve stories written in conjunction with our best British writers, including Tracy Chevalier and Clare Mackintosh, based on the lived experience of people who have faced mental illness in the UK.

Edited by Sunday Times bestselling author Joanna Cannon, the stories told here are powerful, resonant and heart-breaking. This is a ground-breaking and unforgettable collection, shining a light on the stigma and isolation of living with mental illness, while also showing the strength and resilience of the human spirit.

©2023 Joanna Cannon, Nicola Knight, Marie, Jen McPherson, Lewis, Alain Knight, Jeremy Gavins, Joyia Fitch, Sarah, Sanmeet Kaur, Cat, Phoenix, Franki Ayres

Critic reviews

‘Moving and vital’ i NEWS

‘A beautiful book’ EVENING STANDARD

‘Cannon’s varied selection vividly portrays how our minds can become locked-in worlds of anguish, terror and distress […] We learn how hard, and how long, the road to recovery can be’ TLS

‘Cannon’s book is a labour of love and deserves to be read by as wide an audience as possible’ DAILY MIRROR

‘Powerful and important. I recommend it to everyone’ ALICE HOPKINS, BBC RADIO OXFORD

‘I’ve been recommending it to everyone’ RAY D’ARCY

‘Amazing and powerful… I hope this book will inspire more people with lived experience of mental distress to write their own stories; and inspire professionals to listen better’ DR GWEN ADSHEAD

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‘A bold idea, sensitively executed… [this is] an important book that I hope can play a part in shifting assumptions and, hopefully, encouraging empathy’

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‘Heartbreaking, horrific and eye-opening… Please read this book, it may help you to understand a little about one other person you know’

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‘I am in awe of the open and honest accounts given by the people in this book… Thank you’

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‘Heart-breaking and hopeful, written with such kindness and beauty. A must read for anyone wanting to better understand mental illness’