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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. 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. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  12. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  13. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  14. Three pointers for writers
    01:10
    Three pointers for writers
  15. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  16. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  17. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  18. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  19. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  20. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
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