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Being Children’s Laureate
Cressida talks about her time as Children’s Laureate
  1. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  12. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  13. A reading from Elizabeth
    02:18
    A reading from Elizabeth
  14. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  15. 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?
  16. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  17. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
  18. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  19. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  20. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
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