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The Black Flamingo
Dean gives us a flavour of The Black Flamingo with a reading from the opening chapter.
  1. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    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. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  12. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  13. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  14. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  15. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  16. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  17. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  18. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  19. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  20. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
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