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Introducing Wain
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Rachel tells us about their verse collection, titled Wain.
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    Introducing Wain
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    Introducing The Black Flamingo
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    The Black Flamingo
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  6. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
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    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  7. A novel in verse
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    A novel in verse
  8. Fan fiction of your life!
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    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. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  14. Reading The Undefeated
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    Reading The Undefeated
  15. The importance of libraries
    08:10
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  16. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  17. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
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  18. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  19. Poetry is everywhere
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  20. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  21. My Heart
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    My Heart
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