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Hooked on Reading
Konnie talks about how she got into reading.
  1. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  2. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  14. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  15. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
  16. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  17. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  18. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  19. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  20. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  21. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  22. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
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