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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  10. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  11. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  12. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  13. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  14. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  15. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  16. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  17. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
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