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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. 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. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  10. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  11. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  12. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  13. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  14. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  15. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  16. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  17. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  18. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
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