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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. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  14. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  15. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  16. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  17. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  18. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  19. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  20. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  21. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  22. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
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