Close menu
BBC Scotland
Authors Live

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
Developing your voice
The writers talk about how they created their own distinctive styles.
  1. Developing your voice
    02:24
    Developing your voice
  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. How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
    02:32
    How Does Your Own Personal Experience Shape Your Writing?
  14. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  15. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  16. We are all storytellers
    05:27
    We are all storytellers
  17. How to Draw Granville's Body
    07:54
    How to Draw Granville's Body
  18. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  19. A bit of a read
    04:28
    A bit of a read
  20. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  21. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  22. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
    23. Now playing
    Up next