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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. The Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  7. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  8. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  9. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  10. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  11. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  12. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  13. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  14. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  15. He Had a Little Sticker
    01:25
    He Had a Little Sticker
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