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Reading of The River
Tom reads his latest book, The River.
  1. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  2. Stuck and The Incredible Book Eating Boy
    12:12
    Stuck and The Incredible Book Eating Boy
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  3. Hueys
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    Hueys
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  4. Q&A with Oliver Jeffers
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    Q&A with Oliver Jeffers
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  5. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  6. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  7. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  8. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  9. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  10. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  11. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  12. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  13. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
  14. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
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