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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  10. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  11. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  12. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  13. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  14. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  15. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
    09:01
    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
  16. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  17. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  18. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
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