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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  10. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  11. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  12. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  13. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  14. Toxic Relationships
    04:42
    Toxic Relationships
  15. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  16. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  17. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  18. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
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