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Blume’s seminal book adapted into a funny, exhilarating coming-of-age movie that will charm all genders
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Speaking up: a brief history of rape culture in young adult fiction
Asking For It engages the media and popular culture but also its own field, YA, which since the 1950s has pushed boundaries and explored adolescence in edgy, realistic ways
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Fighting Words seeks volunteers, Nuala Ní Chonchúir and Paula McGrath launch new novels, and celebrities and authors read at Dubray Books
Erotic fiction that puts 50 Shades in the shade
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It’s complicated: the truth about women and porn
In a recent survey, 56 per cent of Irish women said they had watched porn, and the real number is likely higher. Isn’t it time we moved beyond soundbites about how porn is ruining everything?
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Experts discuss the YA fiction scene – the ‘John Green effect’, the ‘Katniss effect’ and unhappy endings
Point, click, swoosh, ping: why multitasking is making us all mindless
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