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About Our Tower
Growing up in a tower block provided the inspiration for a magical storybook.
  1. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  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. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  10. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  11. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  12. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  13. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  14. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  15. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  16. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  17. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  18. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
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