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Being Children’s Laureate
Cressida talks about her time as Children’s Laureate
  1. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  2. Who are you really?
    01:06
    Who are you really?
  3. Darren Shan reads from Zom-B Underground
    07:50
    Darren Shan reads from Zom-B Underground
  4. A picky question about zombies
    01:15
    A picky question about zombies
  5. What about Dad?
    02:22
    What about Dad?
  6. A dark question about the night
    01:01
    A dark question about the night
  7. Books into film
    01:23
    Books into film
  8. How about a Zombie rising?
    01:00
    How about a Zombie rising?
  9. A question of influence
    01:07
    A question of influence
  10. Darren Shan reads the prologue from ZOM-B
    08:36
    Darren Shan reads the prologue from ZOM-B
  11. Why comics matter
    06:03
    Why comics matter
  12. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  13. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  14. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  15. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  16. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  17. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  18. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  19. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  20. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
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