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Introducing Wain
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Rachel tells us about their verse collection, titled Wain.
  1. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  2. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  3. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  4. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  5. 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?
  6. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  7. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  8. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  9. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  10. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  11. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  12. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  13. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  14. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  15. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  16. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  17. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  18. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  19. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  20. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  21. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  22. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
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