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Alastair’s influences
Alastair discusses the books and authors that inspired him
  1. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  10. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  11. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  12. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  13. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  14. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  15. Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
    04:56
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Dance'
  16. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  17. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  18. What are you favourite things about books?
    01:20
    What are you favourite things about books?
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