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The Black Flamingo
Dean gives us a flavour of The Black Flamingo with a reading from the opening chapter.
  1. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
  12. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  13. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  14. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  15. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  16. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  17. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  18. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  19. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  20. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
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