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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. The Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  7. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  8. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  9. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  10. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  11. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  12. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  13. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  14. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  15. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
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