Close menu
BBC Scotland
Authors Live

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
The origins of 'Lads'
Alan Bissett chats to presenter Nick Sheridan about how his book Lads came about.
  1. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  2. Hopeless at maths!
    05:06
    Hopeless at maths!
  3. Writing stories
    04:44
    Writing stories
  4. Lily Alone
    04:23
    Lily Alone
  5. Hetty Feather
    09:05
    Hetty Feather
  6. The story of Tracy
    04:13
    The story of Tracy
  7. Q&A with Jacqueline Wilson
    04:44
    Q&A with Jacqueline Wilson
  8. More Q&A with Jacqueline Wilson
    06:28
    More Q&A with Jacqueline Wilson
  9. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  10. The World of the Crossing
    08:03
    The World of the Crossing
  11. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  12. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  13. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  14. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  15. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  16. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  17. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  18. Who is Josh Bell?
    01:03
    Who is Josh Bell?
    19. Now playing
    Up next