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The real world and the fictional world
How a rain forest in Wales provided inspiration for Kiran’s fictional world.
  1. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  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. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
    04:07
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 1
  12. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  13. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
  14. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  15. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  16. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  17. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  18. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  19. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  20. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
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