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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. 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. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  14. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  15. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  16. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  17. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  18. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  19. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  20. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  21. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  22. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
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