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Questions from pupils
The authors answer some questions from the pupils in the audience.
  1. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  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. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  10. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  11. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  12. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  13. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  14. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  15. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  16. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  17. School days
    03:57
    School days
  18. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
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