Close menu
BBC Scotland
Authors Live

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
Being Children’s Laureate
Cressida talks about her time as Children’s Laureate
  1. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  2. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  14. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  15. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  16. Hooked on Reading
    03:03
    Hooked on Reading
  17. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  18. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  19. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  20. Poetry is everywhere
    14:55
    Poetry is everywhere
  21. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  22. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
    23. Now playing
    Up next