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Inspired by travelling
Abi describes her early life and how her travels have found their way into her writing
  1. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  2. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
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  3. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
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  4. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
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  5. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
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  6. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
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  7. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
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  8. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
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  9. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
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  10. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
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  11. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
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  12. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
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  13. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  14. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  15. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  16. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  17. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  18. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  19. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  20. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  21. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  22. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
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