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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  2. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  13. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  14. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  15. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  16. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  17. 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?
  18. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  19. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  20. Relationship Behaviour
    01:57
    Relationship Behaviour
  21. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
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