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The real world and the fictional world
How a rain forest in Wales provided inspiration for Kiran’s fictional world.
  1. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  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. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  14. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  15. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  16. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  17. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  18. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  19. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  20. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  21. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  22. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
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