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Sarah’s route into fiction
Sarah explains how she got started as a writer and some of the themes of her fiction.
  1. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  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. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  10. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  11. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  12. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  13. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  14. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  15. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  16. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  17. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  18. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
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