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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. Early Years
    03:15
    Early Years
  3. Growing Older With a Moustache
    03:24
    Growing Older With a Moustache
  4. My Superheroes
    04:35
    My Superheroes
  5. My Superpowers
    04:22
    My Superpowers
  6. Quick Quack Quentin
    06:04
    Quick Quack Quentin
  7. Stealing A's
    02:16
    Stealing A's
  8. Oi Frog!
    06:21
    Oi Frog!
  9. Alternative Ending
    03:46
    Alternative Ending
  10. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  11. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  12. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  13. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  14. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  15. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  16. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  17. Scottish words and questions from schools
    08:09
    Scottish words and questions from schools
  18. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  19. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
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