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Alastair’s influences
Alastair discusses the books and authors that inspired him
  1. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  2. Beat the Calculator
    02:54
    Beat the Calculator
  3. 1089
    06:56
    1089
  4. Perfect pentagon
    04:14
    Perfect pentagon
  5. Fabulous flexagon
    02:05
    Fabulous flexagon
  6. Making Cubes
    05:26
    Making Cubes
  7. Prime number pizza
    04:24
    Prime number pizza
  8. Numerical masterclass
    03:20
    Numerical masterclass
  9. Q&A with Kjartan Poskitt
    05:19
    Q&A with Kjartan Poskitt
  10. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  11. Mental Health
    02:25
    Mental Health
  12. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  13. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  14. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
  15. Chris McQueer – reading
    03:07
    Chris McQueer – reading
  16. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  17. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  18. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
  19. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
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