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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. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  14. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  15. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  16. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  17. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  18. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  19. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  20. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  21. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
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