Close menu
BBC Scotland
Authors Live

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  10. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  11. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
  12. A question about Charlie and Lola
    01:44
    A question about Charlie and Lola
  13. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  14. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
  15. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  16. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  17. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  18. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
    19. Now playing
    Up next