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Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
Jenny reads the opening of her book.
  1. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  2. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
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  3. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
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  4. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
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  5. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
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  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?
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  7. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
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  8. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
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  9. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
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  10. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
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  11. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
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  12. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
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  13. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
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  14. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  15. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  16. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
  17. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  18. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  19. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  20. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  21. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  22. Draw along
    10:28
    Draw along
  23. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
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