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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  10. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  11. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  12. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  13. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  14. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  15. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  16. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  17. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  18. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
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