Close menu
BBC Scotland
Authors Live

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
School days and writing
Janice chats to Brian about growing up in Coatbridge and how he began writing.
  1. School days and writing
    07:07
    School days and writing
  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
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  10. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  11. Themes of books
    03:14
    Themes of books
  12. Phil’s presentation
    21:56
    Phil’s presentation
  13. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  14. Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
    16:05
    Whuppity Stoorie by Lari Don
  15. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  16. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  17. Introducing Cookie
    04:11
    Introducing Cookie
  18. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
    19. Now playing
    Up next