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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  12. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  13. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  14. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  15. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  16. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  17. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  18. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  19. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  20. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
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