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The Black Flamingo
Dean gives us a flavour of The Black Flamingo with a reading from the opening chapter.
  1. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  2. Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
    01:23
    Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
  3. A proof reading
    05:09
    A proof reading
  4. How Henry happened
    05:58
    How Henry happened
  5. Ideas for Henry's stories
    07:00
    Ideas for Henry's stories
  6. Not a Horrid Henry book
    02:16
    Not a Horrid Henry book
  7. Tips for budding writers
    03:41
    Tips for budding writers
  8. Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:30
    Q&A with Francesca Simon
  9. More Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:21
    More Q&A with Francesca Simon
  10. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  11. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  12. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  13. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  14. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  15. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  16. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  17. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  18. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  19. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
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