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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. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  10. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  11. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  12. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  13. Reading The Undefeated
    03:32
    Reading The Undefeated
  14. School days
    03:57
    School days
  15. How Catherine works
    00:59
    How Catherine works
  16. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  17. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  18. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
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