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Favourite book
What are Alastair's favourite books?
  1. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  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. The Crackledawn Dragon
    02:10
    The Crackledawn Dragon
  13. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  14. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  15. Wizards of Once reading
    04:24
    Wizards of Once reading
  16. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  17. More Cookie Books
    01:04
    More Cookie Books
  18. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  19. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  20. Rachel’s books and inspirations
    06:29
    Rachel’s books and inspirations
  21. Sue's early influences
    04:42
    Sue's early influences
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