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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. 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. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  13. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  14. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  15. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  16. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  17. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
  18. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  19. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  20. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  21. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
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