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Being Children’s Laureate
Cressida talks about her time as Children’s Laureate
  1. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  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. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  15. Early drawings
    00:49
    Early drawings
  16. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  17. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  18. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  19. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  20. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  21. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  22. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  23. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
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