Is lesbian romance suitable for a children's novel?

David Almond’s A Song for Ella Grey has been awarded the Guardian’s children’s fiction prize 2015, but author Lynne Reid Banks has argued it is not appropriate for children. The two authors talked it over on the Today programme.

02 December 2015

5 minutes

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Today—02/12/2015

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