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About Our Tower
Growing up in a tower block provided the inspiration for a magical storybook.
  1. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  2. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  3. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  4. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  5. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  6. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  7. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  8. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  9. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  10. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  11. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  12. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  13. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  14. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  15. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  16. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  17. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  18. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  19. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  20. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  21. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  22. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
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