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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. Ghosts of Heaven
    02:56
    Ghosts of Heaven
  3. Spirals and cave art
    02:59
    Spirals and cave art
  4. The beginning of writing
    01:47
    The beginning of writing
  5. The teenage brain
    05:51
    The teenage brain
  6. Writing realistically
    01:59
    Writing realistically
  7. Reading
    03:16
    Reading
  8. Into a dark cave
    01:36
    Into a dark cave
  9. Questions near
    05:54
    Questions near
  10. Questions far
    02:42
    Questions far
  11. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  12. Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
    01:45
    Is it easier or harder to write a trilogy?
  13. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  14. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  15. How to draw a blobfish
    03:35
    How to draw a blobfish
  16. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  17. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  18. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  19. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  20. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
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