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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. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  13. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  14. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  15. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  16. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  17. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  18. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  19. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  20. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  21. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
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