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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. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  13. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  14. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  15. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  16. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  17. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  18. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  19. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  20. Relationship Counsellor
    02:45
    Relationship Counsellor
  21. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
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