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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. 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. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  10. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  11. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  12. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  13. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  14. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  15. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  16. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  17. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  18. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
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