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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. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  14. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  15. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  16. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  17. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  18. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
  19. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  20. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  21. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  22. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
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