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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. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  13. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  14. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  15. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  16. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  17. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  18. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  19. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  20. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  21. Weather and climate
    00:56
    Weather and climate
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