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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. Bendy, bendy toothbrush
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    Bendy, bendy toothbrush
  3. Book titles
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    Book titles
  4. Going through the old photos
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    Going through the old photos
  5. Hand on the bridge
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    Hand on the bridge
  6. If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
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    If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
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    Toxic Relationships
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    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
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    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
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    A monster quiz
  11. Diving Poem
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    Diving Poem
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    Children’s Laureate
  13. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
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    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  14. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  15. Remembering Kobe Bryant
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    Remembering Kobe Bryant
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