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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  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. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  13. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  14. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  15. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  16. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  17. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  18. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
  19. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  20. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  21. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
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