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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. 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. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  10. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  11. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  12. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  13. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
  14. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  15. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  16. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  17. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  18. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
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