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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. Beat the Calculator
    02:54
    Beat the Calculator
  3. 1089
    06:56
    1089
  4. Perfect pentagon
    04:14
    Perfect pentagon
  5. Fabulous flexagon
    02:05
    Fabulous flexagon
  6. Making Cubes
    05:26
    Making Cubes
  7. Prime number pizza
    04:24
    Prime number pizza
  8. Numerical masterclass
    03:20
    Numerical masterclass
  9. Q&A with Kjartan Poskitt
    05:19
    Q&A with Kjartan Poskitt
  10. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  11. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  12. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  13. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  14. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  15. Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
    05:38
    Reading from 'Luna Loves Art'
  16. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  17. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  18. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  19. Questions from Linlithgow Academy
    05:02
    Questions from Linlithgow Academy
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