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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  2. The Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  7. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  8. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  9. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  10. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  11. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  12. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  13. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  14. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  15. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
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