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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. Pupils' questions
    07:21
    Pupils' questions
  11. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
  12. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  13. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  14. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  15. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  16. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  17. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  18. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  19. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
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