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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. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  13. Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
    05:38
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
  14. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  15. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  16. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  17. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  18. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  19. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  20. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  21. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
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