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Writing Haikus
Brian explains how haikus work and challenges you to write your own!
  1. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  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. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  10. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  11. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  12. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  13. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  14. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  15. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  16. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  17. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
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