Close menu
BBC Scotland
Authors Live

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
Writing Haikus
Brian explains how haikus work and challenges you to write your own!
  1. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Rewilding and creating a space for nature
    09:01
    Rewilding and creating a space for nature
  10. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  11. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  12. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  13. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  14. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  15. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  16. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  17. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  18. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
    19. Now playing
    Up next