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About Our Tower
Growing up in a tower block provided the inspiration for a magical storybook.
  1. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  2. Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
    08:03
    Mairi Hedderwick chats with Janice Forsyth
  3. Katie Morag and Cbeebies
    06:17
    Katie Morag and Cbeebies
  4. Ideas for stories
    02:10
    Ideas for stories
  5. The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
    13:05
    The story of Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted
  6. Questions from the audience
    06:23
    Questions from the audience
  7. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  8. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  9. 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?
  10. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  11. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  12. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  13. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  14. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  15. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  16. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
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