Close menu
BBC Scotland
Authors Live

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
How to be a writer
View More From Michael Morpurgo
Michael Morpurgo introduces himself and tells the audience, "Do not start on a story with an empty page".
  1. How to be a writer
    02:37
    How to be a writer
  2. Michael Morpurgo's secret
    03:21
    Michael Morpurgo's secret
  3. Sketch it out!
    02:37
    Sketch it out!
  4. Everything is cool!
    04:22
    Everything is cool!
  5. The Elephant in the Garden
    09:18
    The Elephant in the Garden
  6. Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    07:16
    Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  7. More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
    08:33
    More Q&A with Michael Morpurgo
  8. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  9. Relationship Behaviour
    01:57
    Relationship Behaviour
  10. Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
    04:28
    Favourite characters and Matthew Henson
  11. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  12. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  13. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  14. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  15. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  16. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  17. Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    02:48
    Chat with Comic Artist Tanya Roberts
    18. Now playing
    Up next