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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. Simon Cowell
    00:38
    Simon Cowell
  3. Raj
    01:15
    Raj
  4. Characters
    02:09
    Characters
  5. Finishing feelings
    01:20
    Finishing feelings
  6. School dinners
    00:54
    School dinners
  7. Thames
    01:04
    Thames
  8. Favourite book
    02:25
    Favourite book
  9. Next book
    01:00
    Next book
  10. Favourite author
    01:17
    Favourite author
  11. Gangsta Granny
    12:25
    Gangsta Granny
  12. Readers and writers
    06:47
    Readers and writers
  13. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  14. Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
    03:11
    Nadine Aisha Jassat – poetry reading
  15. How Books Start
    06:40
    How Books Start
  16. Characters and Themes
    04:51
    Characters and Themes
  17. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  18. Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
    05:44
    Gill reads from Willow Wildthing and the Dragon's Egg
  19. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  20. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  21. Persistence
    01:24
    Persistence
  22. Writing the Twitchers
    05:00
    Writing the Twitchers
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