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The real world and the fictional world
How a rain forest in Wales provided inspiration for Kiran’s fictional world.
  1. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  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. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  13. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  14. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  15. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  16. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  17. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  18. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  19. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  20. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
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