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Elle and the characters of The Infinite
Patience describes the characters from her novel The Infinite.
  1. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  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. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  14. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
  15. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  16. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  17. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  18. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  19. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  20. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  21. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  22. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
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