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Orion Lost reading
Alastair reads a section of his new book Orion Lost
  1. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  2. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  3. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  4. The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
    03:48
    The Selkie and Finfolkaheem
  5. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  6. 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?
  7. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  8. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  9. Fan fiction of your life!
    01:05
    Fan fiction of your life!
  10. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  11. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  12. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  13. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  14. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  15. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  16. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  17. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  18. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  19. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  20. The Undefeated
    01:19
    The Undefeated
  21. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  22. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  23. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
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    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
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