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Introducing Wain
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Rachel tells us about their verse collection, titled Wain.
  1. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
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    Introducing The Black Flamingo
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  4. The Black Flamingo
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    The Black Flamingo
  5. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
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    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  6. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
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    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
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    A novel in verse
  8. Fan fiction of your life!
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  9. Books and confidence
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    Books and confidence
  10. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  11. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  12. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  13. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  14. Names and Questions
    07:57
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  15. Draw Along
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  16. Working with an illustrator
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  17. Alastair’s influences
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  19. Questions from schools
    06:15
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  20. Crackledawn
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