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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 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. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  15. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  16. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  17. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  18. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  19. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  20. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  21. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  22. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  23. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
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