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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. Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
    08:03
    Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
  3. Katie Morag and Cbeebies
    06:17
    Katie Morag and Cbeebies
  4. Ideas for stories
    02:10
    Ideas for stories
  5. The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
    13:05
    The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
  6. Questions from the audience
    06:23
    Questions from the audience
  7. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  8. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  9. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  10. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  11. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  12. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  13. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  14. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  15. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  16. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
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