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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. Remembering Kobe Bryant
    01:41
    Remembering Kobe Bryant
  10. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  11. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  12. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  13. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  14. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  15. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  16. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  17. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  18. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
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