Of course teen readers want to read about sex!

Losing It Book Launch - Books for Keeps

Losing It, published by Andersen Press and edited by Keith Gray contains eight short stories by some of the most popular and formidable talents writing for children today. The contributors include Keith Gray himself as well as Anne Fine, Melvin Burgess, Jenny Valentine, Patrick Ness, Sophie McKenzie, Mary Hooper and Bali Rai.

Sex as a theme in teenage fiction is not the front page news it once was so what's new and different about Losing It? Is it that this short story collection is just more upfront about the assumption implicit in its title - that of course teen readers want to read about sex? Issues such as sexual identity, cultural norms, when to lose your virginity and with whom - all addressed in this collection - preoccupy most teenagers and it's more than likely they will find this book an engrossing read.

At the book's launch recently Books for Keeps editor Rosemary Stones met up with five of the writers who contributed to the collection - Patrick Ness, Sophie McKenzie, Mary Hooper, Bali Rai and Keith Gray - and interviewed them for this, our first ever Books for Keeps Videograph.

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[Spackle1017]

Patrick ness. YAY!!!! 10 points if you know what my user name refers to.

[matthewjkeen]

Great event, great book too!