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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. 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. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  14. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  15. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  16. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  17. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  18. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  19. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  20. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  21. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  22. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
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