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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. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  10. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  11. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  12. Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
  13. Authors Live with Holly Bourne
    34:04
    Authors Live with Holly Bourne
  14. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  15. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  16. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  17. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
  18. Meeting the Wolf Queen
    02:20
    Meeting the Wolf Queen
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