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Persistence
Think about giving up on your dream? Sometimes it's good to be persistent.
  1. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  2. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  12. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  13. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  14. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  15. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  16. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  17. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  18. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  19. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  20. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
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