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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. 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. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  14. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  15. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  16. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  17. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  18. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  19. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  20. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  21. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  22. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
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