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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. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  13. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  14. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  15. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  16. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  17. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  18. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  19. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  20. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  21. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
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