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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. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  10. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  11. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  12. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  13. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  14. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  15. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  16. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  17. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
    09:01
    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
  18. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
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