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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. Question time
    04:36
    Question time
  12. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  13. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  14. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  15. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  16. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  17. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  18. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  19. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  20. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
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