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The real world and the fictional world
How a rain forest in Wales provided inspiration for Kiran’s fictional world.
  1. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  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. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  12. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  13. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  14. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  15. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  16. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  17. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  18. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  19. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  20. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
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