Kay Kerr will be in conversation with Bedelia Lowrenčev (an artist, advocate and self-described Kay Kerr fangirl!), chatting about her new romantic coming-of-age story Social Queue, in association with Text Publishing.

Social Queue is a funny and heart-warming autistic story about deciphering the confusing signals of attraction and navigating a path to love.

About the book

I thought I was nobody’s teen crush, but turns out I was just missing the signs.

Zoe Kelly is starting a new phase of her life. High school was a mess of bullying and autistic masking that left her burnt out and shut down. Now, with an internship at an online media company—the first step on the road to her dream writing career—she is ready to reinvent herself. But she didn’t count on returning to her awkward and all-too-recent high-school experiences for her first writing assignment.

When her piece, about her non-existent dating life, goes viral, eighteen-year-old Zoe is overwhelmed and more than a little surprised by the response. But, with a deadline and a list of romantic contenders from the past to reconnect with for her piece on dating, she is hoping one of her old sparks will turn into a new flame.

About the author

Kay Kerr is a former journalist and community newspaper editor from Brisbane, now living on the Sunshine Coast with her husband and daughter and working as a freelance writer.

Kay was writing Please Don’t Hug Me, her debut novel, when she received her own autism-spectrum diagnosis. Autism and wider disability representation in YA fiction is something she is greatly passionate about and feels that being able to write for young people is a dream come true.

Suitable for 12 to 18 years

3 December is International Day of People with Disability. It is a United Nations observed day aimed at increasing public awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with disability. This author talk is one of a number of events City of Parramatta are organising in recognition of IDPwD.

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