The ‘Question Time’ event at this year’s Hay Festival was a huge success, with NLT’s Jonathan Douglas chairing a young people’s debate with a panel of new and established authors. Patrick Ness, Francesca Simon, Morris Gleitzman, Sophia Bennett, Steven Butler – who’s debut novel is published next year – and the Guardian’s Julia Eccleshare all took questions from the teen audience about their novels and what it’s like writing for young people.