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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  10. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  11. Boogie Woogie Buggy
    01:41
    Boogie Woogie Buggy
  12. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  13. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  14. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  15. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  16. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
  17. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  18. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
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