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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. Two of David's novels
    05:49
    Two of David's novels
  3. The local library
    06:12
    The local library
  4. Imagination
    04:48
    Imagination
  5. The power of words
    05:31
    The power of words
  6. Starting as a writer
    03:55
    Starting as a writer
  7. Q&A with David Almond
    05:15
    Q&A with David Almond
  8. More Q&A with David Almond
    06:48
    More Q&A with David Almond
  9. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  10. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  11. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  12. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  13. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  14. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  15. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  16. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  17. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  18. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
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