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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
    06:54
    Reading from Grimwood: Attack of the Stink Monster
  10. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  11. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
  12. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  13. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  14. Pets
    00:55
    Pets
  15. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  16. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  17. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  18. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
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