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Being Children’s Laureate
Cressida talks about her time as Children’s Laureate
  1. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  2. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  3. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  4. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  5. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  6. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  7. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  8. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  9. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  10. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  11. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  12. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  13. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  14. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  15. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  16. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  17. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  18. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  19. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  20. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  21. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  22. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  23. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
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