# @_thebookseller on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMxDlBhs6-I
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33217146-thebookseller-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/c839b9c30d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-07-31T09:05:31.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Bookseller (@_thebookseller) — https://gondola.cc/_thebookseller

## Caption

Danielle Jawando (danielle_jawando), author of If My Words Had Wings, talks to us about the inspiration behind her #YABookPrize shortlisted novel 🪽

"Before I began writing full time, I was a teacher, and I worked with a lot of young people who were no longer in mainstream education for various reasons. I met so many teenagers who had been failed and harmed by the very systems meant to protect them."

Read the full interview in the link in our bio 🔗

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