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The real world and the fictional world
How a rain forest in Wales provided inspiration for Kiran’s fictional world.
  1. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  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. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  14. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  15. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  16. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  17. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  18. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  19. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  20. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  21. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  22. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
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