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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. Hopeless at maths!
    05:06
    Hopeless at maths!
  3. Writing stories
    04:44
    Writing stories
  4. Lily Alone
    04:23
    Lily Alone
  5. Hetty Feather
    09:05
    Hetty Feather
  6. The story of Tracy
    04:13
    The story of Tracy
  7. Q&A with Jacqueline Wilson
    04:44
    Q&A with Jacqueline Wilson
  8. More Q&A with Jacqueline Wilson
    06:28
    More Q&A with Jacqueline Wilson
  9. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
  10. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  11. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  12. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  13. Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
    04:56
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
  14. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  15. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  16. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  17. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  18. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
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