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A question about Charlie and Lola
Lauren explains the importance of childhood to her creative writing
  1. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
  2. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  13. Working in Comics
    01:09
    Working in Comics
  14. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  15. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  16. Noi and his family
    03:19
    Noi and his family
  17. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  18. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  19. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  20. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  21. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
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