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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. Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
    08:03
    Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
  3. Katie Morag and Cbeebies
    06:17
    Katie Morag and Cbeebies
  4. Ideas for stories
    02:10
    Ideas for stories
  5. The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
    13:05
    The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
  6. Questions from the audience
    06:23
    Questions from the audience
  7. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  8. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  9. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  10. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  11. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  12. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  13. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  14. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  15. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  16. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
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