Amaze interview with Young Adult #OwnVoices author Kay Kerr

Kay Kerr’s debut young adult novel Please Don’t Hug Me (Text Publishing) heralds the arrival of an exciting new #OwnVoices talent in Australian YA. The book is written as a series of letters from the perspective of 17-year-old Erin, as she tackles a series of bumps in the road to Schoolies: she’s fired from Surf Zone, her driving test is a disaster, and her brother just doesn’t seem to want to reply to her letters – oh yes, and she’s autistic.

Autistic writer Clem Bastow and Kay exchanged letters (well, emails) as a little nod to Please Don’t Hug Me for Amaze.