Author Juno Dawson - Emotional literacy, transphobia and YA novels

Author Juno Dawson - Emotional literacy, transphobia and YA novels

By Sofie Hagen

Sofie talks to Juno Dawson about writing fiction, screenplays and memoir, being a primary school teacher, emotional literacy, listening, learning, social media, “balance”, fan fiction, horror, the power of saying you’re wrong and her YA novels Meat Market, Clean and Wonderland. 

Content warning – coronavirus, mental health issues, anxiety, burnout, breakups, anger, sadness, homophobia, queerphobia, transphobia, incarceration, bereavement, economic/social deprivation, depression, antisemitism, racism, “cancel culture”, sexuality 

Artwork by Justine McNichol
Jingle by Harriet Braine
Produced by Dave Pickering

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