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How did you learn to draw?
A pupil from Oakgrove Primary asks how Catherine learned to draw so well.
  1. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  2. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. Authors Live with Ross Sayers
    31:15
    Authors Live with Ross Sayers
  14. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  15. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  16. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  17. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  18. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  19. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  20. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  21. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  22. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
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