Last year, writer and journalist s.e. smith reviewed Wild Awake, a contemporary YA novel by Hilary T. Smith featuring a protagonist with bipolar disorder. We invited the both of them to the blog to discuss books, mental illness, and everything in between.
To make things even more exciting, we’re giving away a signed copy of Wild Awake! Details at the end of the post.
Welcome, s.e. and Hilary! Take it away …
s.e. smith: What are some of your favourite literary works (for any age) depicting mental illness? What about them speaks to you?
Hilary T. Smith: I love everything by the New Zealand author Janet Frame. Her books aren’t “about” mental illness; however, they immerse the reader in the minds of characters who experience the world very differently than the norm (or perhaps less differently than you’d think, the difference being that Frame wasn’t afraid to…
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