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School days and writing
Janice chats to Brian about growing up in Coatbridge and how he began writing.
  1. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  2. Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
    01:23
    Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
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  3. A proof reading
    05:09
    A proof reading
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  4. How Henry happened
    05:58
    How Henry happened
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  5. Ideas for Henry's stories
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    Ideas for Henry's stories
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  6. Not a Horrid Henry book
    02:16
    Not a Horrid Henry book
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  7. Tips for budding writers
    03:41
    Tips for budding writers
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  8. Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:30
    Q&A with Francesca Simon
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  9. More Q&A with Francesca Simon
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  10. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  11. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  12. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  13. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  14. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  15. Children’s Laureate
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    Children’s Laureate
  16. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  17. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  18. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  19. Working in Comics
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    Working in Comics
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