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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  2. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  13. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  14. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  15. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  16. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  17. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  18. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  19. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  20. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  21. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
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