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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. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  3. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  4. How to Start Writing a Book
    06:40
    How to Start Writing a Book
  5. It Does Matter
    02:17
    It Does Matter
  6. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  7. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  8. Box Yourself
    03:44
    Box Yourself
  9. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  10. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  11. Question and Answer - Part 1
    05:57
    Question and Answer - Part 1
  12. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  13. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  14. Slugs and Brain Pâté
    11:48
    Slugs and Brain Pâté
  15. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  16. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  17. Questions and Answers
    06:15
    Questions and Answers
  18. The World of the Wolf Queen
    04:14
    The World of the Wolf Queen
  19. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  20. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
  21. Brian’s writing and favourite books
    04:33
    Brian’s writing and favourite books
  22. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
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