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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. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  10. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  11. Manjeet’s writing process
    07:37
    Manjeet’s writing process
  12. Konnie’s Favourite Character
    00:58
    Konnie’s Favourite Character
  13. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  14. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  15. Dragonese
    01:19
    Dragonese
  16. More questions for Sav
    02:00
    More questions for Sav
  17. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  18. Reading from The Infinite
    05:46
    Reading from The Infinite
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