Twilight with Harry Trevaldwyn

About this episode

Harry Trevaldwyn joins Anna James to discuss the impact of Twilight and the importance of queer representation in YA literature.

Actor, comedian and writer Harry Trevaldwyn joins me to talk about Twilight, Stephenie Meyer's iconic 2005 YA vampire novel. We talk about Harry's obsession with the book as a teenager, the spirit of Georgia Nicholson, hoa hoa season and why it's so vital to have queer YA love stories.  Harry's debut YA romcom, The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King is out now.  You can find The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King, Twilight and my own books here:   https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/acaseforbooks   The podcast is produced by Adam Collier with artwork by Hester Kitchen.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Anna James

Guest: Harry Trevaldwyn

Topics covered

• Twilight
• queer YA love stories
• young adult literature
• vampire novels
• book obsession
• romantic comedies

Keywords

• Twilight
• Harry Trevaldwyn
• queer YA
• Stephenie Meyer
• young adult
• romantic comedies
• book discussion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Acast, Adam Collier, Hester Kitchen

Books & works: Twilight, The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King

Places: UK

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