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Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
The red and blue teams face some tough questions.
  1. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  2. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  14. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  15. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  16. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  17. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  18. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  19. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  20. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  21. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  22. Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
    09:12
    Writing Tips with... Alastair Chisholm
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