Close menu
BBC Scotland
Authors Live

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
A sudden idea
Frank tells us how the idea for Sputnik came to him.
  1. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  2. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  13. Read a long
    04:36
    Read a long
  14. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  15. Y is for Young Adult
    03:43
    Y is for Young Adult
  16. How did you learn to draw?
    00:36
    How did you learn to draw?
  17. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  18. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
    04:21
    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  19. Inspired by travelling
    14:41
    Inspired by travelling
  20. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  21. School Questions
    08:45
    School Questions
    22. Now playing
    Up next