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Creating a magical place
Find out how author Ross MacKenzie creates magical places for his books.
  1. Creating a magical place
    06:49
    Creating a magical place
  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. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  10. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  11. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  12. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  13. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  14. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  15. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  16. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  17. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  18. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
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