tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571218098538219550.post1297204729296372019..comments2023-06-09T11:42:30.836+01:00Comments on Dreaming In Text: If This Is What It Takes To Win The Carnegie...Brian Keaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17754984212153946279noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571218098538219550.post-26462858449579572762011-07-18T19:55:31.935+01:002011-07-18T19:55:31.935+01:00Neither King Lear nor Borstal Boy were specificall...Neither King Lear nor Borstal Boy were specifically written for young people. I'm just saying that I don't intend to write fiction for young people with graphic torture scenes included. Other people must do what they like.Brian Keaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17754984212153946279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571218098538219550.post-17841280683253492662011-07-18T19:49:59.792+01:002011-07-18T19:49:59.792+01:00My class read King Lear at school when I was 14 or...My class read King Lear at school when I was 14 or 15. I'll never forget the scene with Gloucester's eyes being put out. I think Patrick Ness is an incredibly powerful writer, but I think we forget what young people are actually reading; I read Stephen King, James Herbert, Edgar Allen Poe when I was 13/14+, and no adults really turned a hair.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536038271600515021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571218098538219550.post-91852052717221043852009-09-23T18:07:53.124+01:002009-09-23T18:07:53.124+01:00When my brother was in his early twenties I bought...When my brother was in his early twenties I bought him Borstal Boy by Brendan Behan for his birthday. When I mentioned this to my mother, she said that my brother was much too young to be reading such a book. I asked her what would be a suitable age. In his thirties, she said. <br /><br />Tara FlynnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com