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The real world and the fictional world
How a rain forest in Wales provided inspiration for Kiran’s fictional world.
  1. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  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. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  10. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  11. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  12. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  13. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  14. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  15. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  16. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
  17. Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
    05:38
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
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