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Stories are people
Alastair talks about how he loves stories about people
  1. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  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. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  7. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  8. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  9. How to Draw Eric Dynamite
    08:33
    How to Draw Eric Dynamite
  10. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  11. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  12. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  13. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  14. Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
    05:18
    Konnie Reads From Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World
  15. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
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