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Developing your voice
The writers talk about how they created their own distinctive styles.
  1. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  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. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  14. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  15. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  16. 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?
  17. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  18. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  19. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  20. Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
    04:56
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
  21. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  22. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
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