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The real world and the fictional world
How a rain forest in Wales provided inspiration for Kiran’s fictional world.
  1. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  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. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  14. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  15. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  16. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  17. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  18. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  19. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  20. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  21. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  22. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
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