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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. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  13. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  14. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  15. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  16. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  17. 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?
  18. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  19. Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
    16:05
    Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
  20. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  21. The hero birds
    03:03
    The hero birds
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