The Uncommon Senses Podcast is now collaborating with RainbowBird Chirps, a podcast from the Rainbow Bird Student Society in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology that advocates for diversity and inclusion.
Hong Kong young writers, Liana and Kylie were only 14 when they started writing “Stuck in Her Head”. Their Modern YA Novel includes nuanced themes that is highly relevant to many teenagers in Hong Kong, such as mental health, queer relationships, family relationships, parental expectations, struggles between dreams and a stable future etc.
Rainbow Bird has the pleasure of interviewing these two young talented writers, and discussed about their writing process and inclusion of queer themes in HK publishing.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction — a long overdue interview
02:42 Liana & Kylie — Hong Kong teen authors “Stuck in Her Head”
05:12 Book writing process
09:42 Writing styles
11:58 Publishing as High School Students
18:25 favourite parts & challenges faced
22:37 favourite character to write
27:57 queer research process
32:59 queer representation — aromantic and bisexual
37:59 publishing queer themes
42:12 message to parents
46:40 message to teens & aspiring young writers