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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. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
    04:35
    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  10. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  11. S is for Scots
    03:30
    S is for Scots
  12. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  13. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  14. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  15. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  16. A first science fiction novel
    00:44
    A first science fiction novel
  17. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  18. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
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