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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. Introduction
    04:05
    Introduction
  3. Genre
    08:41
    Genre
  4. The World
    05:53
    The World
  5. Drawing out the secret character
    05:00
    Drawing out the secret character
  6. Character and story
    08:16
    Character and story
  7. Stuff
    07:22
    Stuff
  8. Obstacles
    04:05
    Obstacles
  9. Choices
    10:01
    Choices
  10. Summary
    01:58
    Summary
  11. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  12. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  13. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  14. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  15. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  16. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  17. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  18. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  19. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  20. Balloons!
    02:59
    Balloons!
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