Answering Reader Questions: From Book to Documentary: "f2m:the boy within"
As a reader ,I enjoy lazy learning from concentrated fiction, even more than non-fiction. And as an author I enjoy learning about a new setting or culture via research for a novel.
Ever wanted to ask questions of an author? Or get information to extend your knowledge of the background of the novel?
Sometimes a book can provoke strong reactions. Or in our case, it is the gender subject, not our handling of the story, which is controversial.
Our co-authored 'f2m:the boy within' is a coming of age YA novel, but because it deals with transitioning gender, and my co-author Ryan is an ftm(female to male), many readers have questions. Some are fearful of a subject about which they know little, and censor reading of the novel.
As co- authors we've been interviewed in a documentary by Kailash Studios on varied reactions to our book. Currently the doco is being edited.
It's been a significant experience to have a thoughtful interviewer ask on screen, the accumulation of three years of common and uncommon reader questions, since the book's publication. Along the way we picked up an international White Ravens award, and grateful readers who share the book with their families but also some censorship from groups who have not read the book but condemn it on the subject.
So this doco is a way of answering directly and thoughtfully.
f2m;the boy within
Ever wanted to ask questions of an author? Or get information to extend your knowledge of the background of the novel?
Sometimes a book can provoke strong reactions. Or in our case, it is the gender subject, not our handling of the story, which is controversial.
Our co-authored 'f2m:the boy within' is a coming of age YA novel, but because it deals with transitioning gender, and my co-author Ryan is an ftm(female to male), many readers have questions. Some are fearful of a subject about which they know little, and censor reading of the novel.
As co- authors we've been interviewed in a documentary by Kailash Studios on varied reactions to our book. Currently the doco is being edited.
It's been a significant experience to have a thoughtful interviewer ask on screen, the accumulation of three years of common and uncommon reader questions, since the book's publication. Along the way we picked up an international White Ravens award, and grateful readers who share the book with their families but also some censorship from groups who have not read the book but condemn it on the subject.
So this doco is a way of answering directly and thoughtfully.
f2m;the boy within
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