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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. Chocolate Cake
    07:56
    Chocolate Cake
  12. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  13. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  14. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  15. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  16. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  17. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  18. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  19. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  20. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
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