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Cardboard Cowboys reading
Brian reads from the opening chapter of Cardboard Cowboys.
  1. Cardboard Cowboys reading
    05:01
    Cardboard Cowboys reading
  2. Early Years
    03:15
    Early Years
  3. Growing Older With a Moustache
    03:24
    Growing Older With a Moustache
  4. My Superheroes
    04:35
    My Superheroes
  5. My Superpowers
    04:22
    My Superpowers
  6. Quick Quack Quentin
    06:04
    Quick Quack Quentin
  7. Stealing A's
    02:16
    Stealing A's
  8. Oi Frog!
    06:21
    Oi Frog!
  9. Alternative Ending
    03:46
    Alternative Ending
  10. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  11. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  12. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  13. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  14. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  15. Reading from The Crossover
    04:17
    Reading from The Crossover
  16. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  17. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  18. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  19. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
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