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Favourite book
What are Alastair's favourite books?
  1. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  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. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  10. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  11. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  12. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  13. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  14. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  15. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  16. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  17. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  18. A question from Twitter
    01:07
    A question from Twitter
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