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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. Bendy, bendy toothbrush
    03:49
    Bendy, bendy toothbrush
  3. Book titles
    03:49
    Book titles
  4. Going through the old photos
    06:17
    Going through the old photos
  5. Hand on the bridge
    02:21
    Hand on the bridge
  6. If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
    02:29
    If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
  7. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  8. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  9. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  10. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  11. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  12. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  13. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  14. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  15. 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?
  16. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
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