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About Our Tower
Growing up in a tower block provided the inspiration for a magical storybook.
  1. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  2. Introducing James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  8. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  9. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  10. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  11. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  12. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  13. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  14. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  15. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  16. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
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