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About Our Tower
Growing up in a tower block provided the inspiration for a magical storybook.
  1. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  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. Down Behind The Dustbin
    02:41
    Down Behind The Dustbin
  14. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  15. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  16. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  17. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  18. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  19. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  20. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  21. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  22. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
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