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Sarah’s route into fiction
Sarah explains how she got started as a writer and some of the themes of her fiction.
  1. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  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. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  14. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  15. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  16. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  17. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  18. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  19. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  20. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  21. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  22. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
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