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How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
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Gray asks about the importance of LGBTQ representation in fiction.
  1. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
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    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  2. Introducing Wain
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    Introducing Wain
  3. Introducing The Black Flamingo
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    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  4. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
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    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  5. The Black Flamingo
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    The Black Flamingo
  6. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  7. A novel in verse
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    A novel in verse
  8. Fan fiction of your life!
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    Fan fiction of your life!
  9. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  10. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  11. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  12. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  13. Read a long
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    Read a long
  14. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  15. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  16. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  17. Hercules Song
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    Hercules Song
  18. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  19. How Catherine works
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    How Catherine works
  20. Orion Lost reading
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    Orion Lost reading
  21. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  22. Beginnings
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    Beginnings
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