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Sav on the process of getting "picked" for work.
  1. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  12. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  13. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  14. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  15. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  16. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  17. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  18. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  19. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  20. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
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