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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. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  14. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  15. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  16. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  17. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  18. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  19. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  20. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  21. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
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