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Characters
Both authors agree that characters in their books can take on a life of their own
  1. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  2. Bendy, bendy toothbrush
    03:49
    Bendy, bendy toothbrush
  3. Book titles
    03:49
    Book titles
  4. Going through the old photos
    06:17
    Going through the old photos
  5. Hand on the bridge
    02:21
    Hand on the bridge
  6. If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
    02:29
    If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
  7. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  8. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  9. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  10. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  11. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  12. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  13. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  14. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  15. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  16. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
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