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About Our Tower
Growing up in a tower block provided the inspiration for a magical storybook.
  1. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  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. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  12. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  13. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  14. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  15. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  16. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  17. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  18. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  19. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  20. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
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