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The real world and the fictional world
How a rain forest in Wales provided inspiration for Kiran’s fictional world.
  1. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  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. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  7. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  8. Toxic Relationships
    04:42
    Toxic Relationships
  9. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  10. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  11. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  12. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  13. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  14. Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
    06:17
    Reading from 'Daisy on the Outer Line'
  15. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
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