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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  2. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
    09:12
    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
  13. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  14. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
    04:25
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
  15. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  16. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  17. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  18. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  19. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
  20. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  21. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
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