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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. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  12. Down Behind The Dustbin
    02:41
    Down Behind The Dustbin
  13. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  14. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  15. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  16. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  17. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
  18. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  19. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  20. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
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