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About Our Tower
Growing up in a tower block provided the inspiration for a magical storybook.
  1. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  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. School days
    03:57
    School days
  12. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  13. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  14. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  15. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  16. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  17. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  18. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  19. Have a go!
    01:10
    Have a go!
  20. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
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