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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. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  13. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  14. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  15. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  16. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  17. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  18. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  19. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  20. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  21. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
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