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Books and confidence
Can books and television help young people to come out?
  1. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  2. Bendy, bendy toothbrush
    03:49
    Bendy, bendy toothbrush
  3. Book titles
    03:49
    Book titles
  4. Going through the old photos
    06:17
    Going through the old photos
  5. Hand on the bridge
    02:21
    Hand on the bridge
  6. If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
    02:29
    If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
  7. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  10. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  11. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  12. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  13. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  14. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
  15. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  16. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
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