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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  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. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  12. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  13. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  14. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  15. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  16. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  17. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
  18. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  19. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  20. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
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