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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. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  12. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  13. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  14. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  15. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  16. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  17. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  18. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  19. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  20. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
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