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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. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  12. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  13. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  14. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  15. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  16. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  17. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  18. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
  19. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
  20. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
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