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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. Simon Cowell
    00:38
    Simon Cowell
  3. Raj
    01:15
    Raj
  4. Characters
    02:09
    Characters
  5. Finishing feelings
    01:20
    Finishing feelings
  6. School dinners
    00:54
    School dinners
  7. Thames
    01:04
    Thames
  8. Favourite book
    02:25
    Favourite book
  9. Next book
    01:00
    Next book
  10. Favourite author
    01:17
    Favourite author
  11. Gangsta Granny
    12:25
    Gangsta Granny
  12. Readers and writers
    06:47
    Readers and writers
  13. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  14. Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
    02:35
    Forrester High's 2048 Predictions
  15. Remembering Kobe Bryant
    01:41
    Remembering Kobe Bryant
  16. I can do this!
    02:32
    I can do this!
  17. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  18. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  19. Orion Lost reading
    02:48
    Orion Lost reading
  20. Draw Goldy the Gecko
    04:43
    Draw Goldy the Gecko
  21. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  22. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
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