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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. Simon Cowell
    00:38
    Simon Cowell
  3. Raj
    01:15
    Raj
  4. Characters
    02:09
    Characters
  5. Finishing feelings
    01:20
    Finishing feelings
  6. School dinners
    00:54
    School dinners
  7. Thames
    01:04
    Thames
  8. Favourite book
    02:25
    Favourite book
  9. Next book
    01:00
    Next book
  10. Favourite author
    01:17
    Favourite author
  11. Gangsta Granny
    12:25
    Gangsta Granny
  12. Readers and writers
    06:47
    Readers and writers
  13. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  14. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  15. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  16. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  17. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  18. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  19. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  20. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  21. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  22. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
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