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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. Toxic Relationships
    04:42
    Toxic Relationships
  7. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  8. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  9. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  10. Writing historical fiction
    03:58
    Writing historical fiction
  11. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  12. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  13. Kiran’s writing process
    05:08
    Kiran’s writing process
  14. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  15. Introduction to the Twitchers
    05:50
    Introduction to the Twitchers
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