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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. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  13. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  14. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  15. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  16. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  17. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  18. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  19. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  20. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  21. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
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