There are lots of LGBTQ+ books for a YA audience, but I began to realise that there were far fewer for a young teen audience. The Paper & Hearts Society is about a book club run by a very nerdy group of teenagers, and in the latest book, Read with Pride, main character Olivia starts a read with pride campaign when she discovers that her school library has restricted access to books with LGBTQ+ content.Ģ) Can you tell us a bit more about why you decided to write the book/series? ‘A sweet and joyful story about friendship and celebrating your passions…I can’t wait to see more in the sequel.Lucy Powrie, author of The Paper & Hearts Society and The Paper & Hearts Society: Read with Pride answers our five questions as part of our #ReadwithPride celebrations!įind out more about our #ReadwithPride summer celebrations here.ġ) Tell us, what is your book/series about in one sentence? ‘An absolute must for anyone who is fed up with trying to fit in, this debut novel from a well-known book blogger and YouTuber celebrates difference and individuality’ - BookTrust The Paper & Hearts Society trilogy follows a group of bookish teenagers as they discover what happens when you give up trying to fit in and let your inner weird out! The third and final book in the series, Bookishly Ever After published in May 2021! Lucy’s debut novel, the first in The Paper & Hearts Society trilogy, was published in June 2019 by Hachette Children’s, and was followed up with the much sort-after sequel The Paper & Hearts Society: Read with Pride in May 2020.
Needless to say, they aren’t very good critique partners!
When not writing or blogging, Lucy looks after her 100 guinea pigs, who don’t care to hear about books unless they feature lots of hay, cucumber and carrots. In 2018, she became the Brontë Society Young Ambassador and was also one of the judges of the YA Book Prize in 2018. Lucy is the creator and host of #UKYAChat, a weekly Twitter chat dedicated to all things YA fiction, and has spoken at various festivals and events, such as The Bookseller’s Children’s Conference, the Cheltenham Literature Festival, the School Library Association conference and the Oxford Literature Festival. She set up in 2012 and has since been named as one of the Guardian’s Top Ten Best Book Bloggers, dubbed the ‘Zoella of Books’ by The Times, and won the inaugural UK Young Adult Blogger Award for Champion of YA. Lucy Powrie, also known as is a blogger and YouTuber from Wiltshire.
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