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Fan fiction of your life!
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How much of Dean’s experiences are reflected in his book?
  1. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  2. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  3. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  4. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  5. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  6. 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?
  7. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  8. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  9. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  10. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  11. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  12. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  13. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  14. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  15. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
  16. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  17. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  18. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  19. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  20. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  21. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  22. A question from Freya.
    01:00
    A question from Freya.
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