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The origins of 'Lads'
Alan Bissett chats to presenter Nick Sheridan about how his book Lads came about.
  1. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  2. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  3. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  4. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  5. Konnie’s Love of Science
    02:32
    Konnie’s Love of Science
  6. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  7. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  8. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  9. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  10. Becoming an Author
    00:58
    Becoming an Author
  11. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  12. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  13. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  14. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  15. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
  16. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  17. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  18. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  19. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  20. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
  21. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  22. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
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