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Books and confidence
Can books and television help young people to come out?
  1. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  2. Bendy, bendy toothbrush
    03:49
    Bendy, bendy toothbrush
  3. Book titles
    03:49
    Book titles
  4. Going through the old photos
    06:17
    Going through the old photos
  5. Hand on the bridge
    02:21
    Hand on the bridge
  6. If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
    02:29
    If you weren't writing poetry books for children what would you like to have done instead?
  7. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  8. A question of inspiration
    02:51
    A question of inspiration
  9. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  10. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  11. How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
    03:12
    How important is it for young queer people to see themselves in fiction?
  12. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  13. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  14. Twitch reading
    05:36
    Twitch reading
  15. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  16. School days
    03:57
    School days
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