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How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
Holly answers a question from pupils in Scotland.
  1. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  2. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  3. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  4. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  5. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  6. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  7. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  8. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  9. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  10. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  11. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  12. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  13. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  14. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  15. Draw Along
    10:16
    Draw Along
  16. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  17. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  18. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  19. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
  20. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  21. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  22. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  23. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
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