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The real world and the fictional world
How a rain forest in Wales provided inspiration for Kiran’s fictional world.
  1. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  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. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  13. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  14. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  15. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  16. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  17. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  18. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  19. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  20. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  21. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
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