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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. Early Years
    03:15
    Early Years
  3. Growing Older With a Moustache
    03:24
    Growing Older With a Moustache
  4. My Superheroes
    04:35
    My Superheroes
  5. My Superpowers
    04:22
    My Superpowers
  6. Quick Quack Quentin
    06:04
    Quick Quack Quentin
  7. Stealing A's
    02:16
    Stealing A's
  8. Oi Frog!
    06:21
    Oi Frog!
  9. Alternative Ending
    03:46
    Alternative Ending
  10. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  11. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  12. Sputnik
    00:55
    Sputnik
  13. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  14. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  15. UK schools vs American schools
    02:13
    UK schools vs American schools
  16. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
  17. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  18. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  19. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
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