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The real world and the fictional world
How a rain forest in Wales provided inspiration for Kiran’s fictional world.
  1. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  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. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  13. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  14. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  15. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  16. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  17. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  18. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  19. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  20. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  21. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
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