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Being Children’s Laureate
Cressida talks about her time as Children’s Laureate
  1. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  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. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  12. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  13. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  14. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  15. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  16. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  17. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  18. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  19. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  20. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
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