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Fan fiction of your life!
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How much of Dean’s experiences are reflected in his book?
  1. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  2. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  3. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  4. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  5. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  6. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  7. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  8. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  9. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  10. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  11. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  12. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  13. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  14. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  15. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  16. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  17. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  18. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  19. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  20. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  21. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  22. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
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