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Tom on his illustrations
Tom shows us his collage style of book illustration.
  1. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  2. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  3. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  4. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  5. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  6. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  7. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  8. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  9. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  10. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  11. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  12. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  13. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  14. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  15. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  16. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  17. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  18. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  19. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  20. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  21. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  22. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  23. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
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