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About Our Tower
Growing up in a tower block provided the inspiration for a magical storybook.
  1. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  2. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  14. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  15. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  16. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  17. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  18. Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
    09:12
    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
  19. Remembering Kobe Bryant
    01:41
    Remembering Kobe Bryant
  20. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  21. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  22. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
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