Close menu
BBC Scotland
Authors Live

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
Alastair’s influences
Alastair discusses the books and authors that inspired him
  1. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  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. The importance of libraries
    08:10
    The importance of libraries
  10. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  11. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  12. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  13. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  14. How to Train Your Dragon reading
    04:38
    How to Train Your Dragon reading
  15. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
  16. Working with young writers
    01:12
    Working with young writers
  17. Reading from The Crossing
    04:47
    Reading from The Crossing
  18. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
    19. Now playing
    Up next