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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. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  14. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  15. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  16. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  17. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  18. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  19. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  20. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  21. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  22. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
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