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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. 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. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  13. Chae is Dr Who
    05:39
    Chae is Dr Who
  14. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
  15. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  16. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  17. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  18. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  19. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  20. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  21. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
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