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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. 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. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  12. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  13. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  14. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  15. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  16. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  17. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  18. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  19. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
    04:25
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
  20. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
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