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Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
Tanya Roberts talks about the drawings from the programme.
  1. Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
  2. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  14. Remembering Kobe Bryant
    01:41
    Remembering Kobe Bryant
  15. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  16. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  17. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  18. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  19. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  20. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  21. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  22. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
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