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How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
Holly answers a question from pupils in Scotland.
  1. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  2. A chat with Polly Dunbar
    08:39
    A chat with Polly Dunbar
  3. Arthur wakes up
    04:49
    Arthur wakes up
  4. Arthur's brother
    04:51
    Arthur's brother
  5. Arthur's mum
    05:34
    Arthur's mum
  6. Arthur's sister
    04:20
    Arthur's sister
  7. Arthur's dad
    05:06
    Arthur's dad
  8. Arthur's Dream Boat
    08:27
    Arthur's Dream Boat
  9. Meeting the puppets
    00:44
    Meeting the puppets
  10. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  11. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  12. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  13. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  14. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  15. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  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. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  18. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  19. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
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