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Introducing Wain
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Rachel tells us about their verse collection, titled Wain.
  1. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
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    Introducing The Black Flamingo
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    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
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    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
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    A novel in verse
  8. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  9. Books and confidence
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    Books and confidence
  10. The poetry community
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    The poetry community
  11. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  12. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  13. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
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  14. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
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  16. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
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  17. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
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  18. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  19. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  20. Questions and Answers
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    Persistence
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