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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. Beat the Calculator
    02:54
    Beat the Calculator
  3. 1089
    06:56
    1089
  4. Perfect pentagon
    04:14
    Perfect pentagon
  5. Fabulous flexagon
    02:05
    Fabulous flexagon
  6. Making Cubes
    05:26
    Making Cubes
  7. Prime number pizza
    04:24
    Prime number pizza
  8. Numerical masterclass
    03:20
    Numerical masterclass
  9. Q&A with Kjartan Poskitt
    05:19
    Q&A with Kjartan Poskitt
  10. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  11. Going around gardens!
    03:12
    Going around gardens!
  12. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  13. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  14. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  15. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  16. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  17. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  18. What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
    04:19
    What motivates writing and how do you develop ideas?
  19. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
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