AWW23 Middle Grade & Ya Day: Love on the Margins - Randa Abdel-Fattah & Sarah Ayoub

Chair: Clare Sawyer


Romance is a popular genre in Australian YA fiction, reflecting
the age that the characters first begin to express their love and
sexuality. There are added layers of complexity for characters
from non-Western cultures, as they balance the usual growing
pains of adolescence and young romance with a sense of being
different from the dominant culture. Join authors Sarah Ayoub and
Randa Abdel-Fattah as they discuss realistic characters, romantic
tropes, feelings of being ’Other’ and the importance of
self-love.


Event details: Sun 05 Mar, 11:00am in the
Torrens Tent