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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. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  12. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  13. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  14. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  15. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  16. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  17. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  18. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  19. Noi and his family
    03:19
    Noi and his family
  20. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
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