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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. Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
    01:23
    Horrid Henry's Monster Movie
  3. A proof reading
    05:09
    A proof reading
  4. How Henry happened
    05:58
    How Henry happened
  5. Ideas for Henry's stories
    07:00
    Ideas for Henry's stories
  6. Not a Horrid Henry book
    02:16
    Not a Horrid Henry book
  7. Tips for budding writers
    03:41
    Tips for budding writers
  8. Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:30
    Q&A with Francesca Simon
  9. More Q&A with Francesca Simon
    04:21
    More Q&A with Francesca Simon
  10. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  11. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  12. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  13. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  14. What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
    01:13
    What inspired Ross MacKenzie to continue with his series of books?
  15. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  16. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  17. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  18. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  19. Emily's Books
    02:27
    Emily's Books
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