I'm new to video editing and Kdenlive, though not to linux. I have been splitting some clips up into very small chunks, some only a few frames. Trouble is trying to select these really small pieces in the timeline.
So how can I go about effectively selecting such narrow pieces of a clip?

Increase the zoom level with the zoom slider at the bottom of the timeline.

waynevid

Got it - thanks waynevid.

You can also use Ctrl+Mouse Wheel ;)

You can Ctrl and Click to select multiple clips on the timeline. There is no drag box round items feature

There is: Drag the mouse while pressing Shift.

ahh, I do apologise, didn't know that, shouldn't have stated it as fact. But very useful now I do know! Thanks