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The Black Flamingo
Dean gives us a flavour of The Black Flamingo with a reading from the opening chapter.
  1. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  2. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  13. Social media and influencers
    03:10
    Social media and influencers
  14. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  15. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  16. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  17. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  18. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  19. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  20. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
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