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12/06/2017

BBC Radio 4 - Tough Love: Boys, Books and Romance

Author Steven Camden investigates why there are so few love stories for teenage boys.

Documentary. Young adult fiction author Steven Camden investigates why there are so few love stories for teenage boys.

Steven Camden writes young adult fiction books about love, from a male perspective. Love is at the heart of all the stories he's written over the last twenty years -but he's only just realised it. 

He has also realised that being a man who writes love stories for boys is pretty unusual - some might even say it's a bit weird.

Steven wants to know why it's such a big deal. Is love not a subject that appeals to boys or is it the books bit that's most off-putting? 

Steven meets teenagers and talks to fellow authors Chris Vick and Alex Wheatle, along with mental health campaigner Jordan Stephens of Rizzle Kicks. 

Presenter: Steven Camden
Producer: Milly Chowles
A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.

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