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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. 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. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  12. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  13. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  14. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  15. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  16. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  17. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  18. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  19. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  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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