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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. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  12. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  13. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  14. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  15. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  16. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  17. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  18. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  19. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  20. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
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