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Scrapbooks and plans
How to take your ideas and turn them into amazing stories
  1. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  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. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  14. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  15. School days
    03:57
    School days
  16. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  17. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  18. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  19. Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
    16:05
    Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
  20. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  21. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  22. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
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