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About Our Tower
Growing up in a tower block provided the inspiration for a magical storybook.
  1. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  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. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  12. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  13. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  14. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  15. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  16. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  17. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  18. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  19. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  20. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
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