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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. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  14. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  15. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  16. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  17. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  18. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  19. Draw along
    10:28
    Draw along
  20. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
  21. Flirting and locker room talk
    06:28
    Flirting and locker room talk
  22. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
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