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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  2. Introduction
    04:05
    Introduction
  3. Genre
    08:41
    Genre
  4. The World
    05:53
    The World
  5. Drawing out the secret character
    05:00
    Drawing out the secret character
  6. Character and story
    08:16
    Character and story
  7. Stuff
    07:22
    Stuff
  8. Obstacles
    04:05
    Obstacles
  9. Choices
    10:01
    Choices
  10. Summary
    01:58
    Summary
  11. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  12. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  13. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  14. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  15. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  16. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  17. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  18. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  19. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
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